Review of the Publishing Situation of Books in Azeri Turkish Language from 1979 to 2016

In this study, access to information about the status of book publishing in Azeri Turkish and its evolution in the years after the Islamic Revolution is the most important goal. Extracting and obtaining statistics on books published in Azeri Turkish in the last 40 years has led to significant results. In general, the main concern raised in this research is the status of publishing books in Azeri Turkish.

This citation and bibliometric study was performed using descriptive statistics. The statistical population of the present study is 4690 titles of books in Azeri Turkish language published in the whole country between years 1979 to 2018. The specifications of these books have been obtained by referring to reputable databases such as Book House, National Bibliography of Iran. In addition, in order to obtain the specifications of all books published in Azeri Turkish, we have referred to authoritative bibliographies that have been prepared and compiled by renowned bibliographers over the past years.

The results show that the most books published in Azeri Turkish in 2018, related to 374 titles. And the lowest is 8 titles in 1992. Of the mentioned books, 3377 are authored. Publishers of Tabriz are in the first place with the publication of 1707 titles of books in Azeri Turkish language. There are 3404 first edition titles. The number of monolingual books (Azeri Turkish) is 4356 titles and only 334 titles have been published in two or more languages.Most of the books published in Azeri Turkish are related to literature. The steep downward slope of the average number of books has reached three digits, the lowest average number of books related to 2018 is 665 copies. In all the years studied, the average price of books has been increasing. Available statistics show that on average, in the years under study, less than 120 books have been published annually in Azeri Turkish.

A review of various sources and studies showed that no research has been done in relation to the subject under study. The findings of this study can be useful in future decisions and policies in the field of publishing books in Azeri Turkish.