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  • 58.11.1 Printed books, brochures, leaflets and the like
  • 58.11.11 Printed educational, professional, technical and scholarly books

    This subcategory includes:

    • educational textbooks: titles published to be primarily used as educational material for students and teachers in formal study programs
    • professional, technical and scholarly books: specialised titles containing research, advanced knowledge, and/or information aimed at the academic and research community, or used by individuals in the practice of specific occupations or professions

    This subcategory excludes:

    • dictionaries and encyclopaedias: titles published for general reference purposes and aimed at the public at large, see 58.11.13
    • musical compositions in printed form, see 59.20.31
    • original manuscripts, see 90.11.02
  • 58.11.12 Printed children books

    This subcategory includes:

    • titles published for children, including picture books and books not intended as textbooks, such as:
    • fiction and non-fiction
    • reference books
    • bundled book-and- toy kits
    • talking books
    • drawing and colouring books

    This subcategory excludes:

    • sticker books, see 58.19.16
  • 58.11.13 Other printed books

    This subcategory includes:

    • books of general interest published for consumption by the public at large, e. g.:
    • novels, comic books and graphic novels
    • religious books, bibles and hymnals
    • poetry and drama
    • dictionaries and encyclopaedias: titles published for general reference purposes and aimed at the public at large, e.g.:
    • dictionaries
    • encyclopaedias
    • thesauruses
    • atlases and other books with maps
    • non-fiction such as books on history, politics, home and garden, biographies, how-to books, cookbooks, travel guides etc
  • 58.11.14 Brochures, leaflets and the like

    This subcategory includes:

    • brochures, leaflets, pamphlets, flyers and the like, used for promotional/marketing purposes, distribution of information etc.
  • 58.11.2 E-books
  • 58.11.20 E-books

    This subcategory includes:

    • electronically published books designed to be read on a computer or handheld digital device, including school textbooks, general reference books, such as atlases and other books of maps or charts, dictionaries and encyclopaedias

    This subcategory also includes:

    • physical media (CD-ROM etc.) containing text material from periodicals, textbooks, reference books and other sources
  • 58.11.3 Audio books
  • 58.11.31 Audio books on physical media

    This subcategory includes:

    • physical media (solid-state storage devices, CD-ROM, tape etc.) containing audio books, i.e. audio recordings of someone reading the text of a book
  • 58.11.32 Online audio books

    This subcategory includes:

    • on-line audio books, accessible via streaming or digital download
  • 58.11.4 Advertising space in books
  • 58.11.41 Advertising space in books, printed

    This subcategory excludes:

    • advertising space in newspapers, printed, see 58.12.31
    • advertising space in journals and periodicals, printed, see 58.13.31
  • 58.11.42 Advertising space in books, electronic

    This subcategory excludes:

    • advertising space in newspapers, electronic, see 58.12.32
    • advertising space in journals and periodicals, electronic, see 58.13.32
  • 58.11.5 Publishing of books on a fee or contract basis
  • 58.11.50 Publishing of books on a fee or contract basis
  • 58.11.6 Licensing services of books
  • 58.11.61 Licensing services of publishing of books

    This subcategory includes:

    • licensing services for the right to reproduce and distribute literary originals such as books, brochures, leaflets, maps and the like

    This subcategory excludes:

    • rental of books, see 77.22.09
  • 58.11.62 Licensing services of right to use the content

    This subcategory includes:

    • licensing services for the right to incorporate or re-use the content of literary originals such as books, brochures, leaflets, maps and the like

    This subcategory excludes:

    • management services of copyrights owned by a third party, carried out on a fee or contract basis, see 74.91.03
    • rental of books, see 77.22.09