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Industry: Its Growth in through a period of decline because of publishers in East Nusa Tenggara. 50 Therefore, it is difficult to give a clear The entrance gate of
Contemporary Indonesia the economic crisis that hit Indonesia at The total number is still increasing; estimation of the total number of Islamic Perguruan Thawalib
The rapid growth of Islamic book the end of the 1990s, from year to year, in 2006 around 766 publishers were book titles circulating in Indonesia. Padang Panjang, a male
students’ territory. It was
publications is evident from the the total number of Islamic publishers in formally registered as IKAPI members However, the statistical data from several established in 1911.
significant increase in the number of Indonesia grew rapidly. and almost half of them were specialized studies indicate that we may conclude
publishers that produce Islamic books. In the meantime, supported by the large in publishing books on Islam. The most that for the period between 1945 and Source: Directorate of
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If prior to 1980s there were only a few number of Islamic publishers, Islamic important thing to note here is that the 1970, Indonesian publishers annually History and Cultural
national-scale Islamic publishers like Book Fairs (IBF, national exhibitions total number does not include Islamic produced at least 800 book titles. In Values, Ministry of
Al Maarif (established in Bandung in particularly organized for Islamic books) book publishers who are not IKAPI spite of fluctuations, the total number Education and Culture
1949), Bulan Bintang (established in has been held annually in Jakarta since members and we can be assured that of religious book titles kept growing, of the Republic of
Jakarta in 1951), and Media Dakwah 2001 and recently also in areas outside they are plentiful, particularly in remote particularly from 1945 to 1970. From Indonesia.
(established in Jakarta at the end of Jakarta. In fact, in 2006, IKAPI held an regions. As a result, because of these the total number of religious book titles
1970s), from 1981 to 1989, Ikatan International Islamic Book Fair (IIBF) in publishing houses we witness a blooming the books mostly produced concerned
Penerbit Indonesia (IKAPI/Association Jakarta, an exhibition of Islamic books phenomenon of Islamic book production Islamic themes.
of Indonesian Publishers) stated that the at an international scale. The result on the Indonesian book market. A quite significant increase appears
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total number of Islamic publishers was was that the total number of Islamic However, beyond the phenomenal from the data provided by the Library
around six. In practice, in the 1980s, publishing houses did not decrease, but growth of Islamic book publication we and Documentation Division of Tempo
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Indonesia was overwhelmed by Islamic rather significantly increased annually. should acknowledge that up to recently magazine above. It reveals that between
publishers including Pustaka Salman IKAPI data show that between 2000 there is no data on the total volume of 1980 and 1987, from the 1.949 titles
(1980), Shalahuddin Press (1983), Mizan and 2003, it registered 20 more new Islamic books that has become available of books on religious themes only 809
(1983), Gema Insani Press (1986), and Islamic publishers as IKAPI members in the market. Studies conducted by titles, concerned Islam. It means
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Paramadina (1986).
and in 2002 there were in total 515 Yayasan Masagung, the Ministry of that annually, on average more than
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Entering the 1990s, officially registered publishers affiliated with IKAPI. In 2005 Religious Affairs, and others have in 100 titles of books on Islam entered
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publishers included Pustaka Al Kautsar the total number of affiliated publishers fact not resulted in producing reliable circulation. Data obtained from the
(early 1990s), LkiS (1993), Robbani located in various regional branches in data on the total number of titles of DIAN/INTERFIDEI Institute say that
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Press (1993), Darul Falah (1993), Indonesia stood at 681: 266 publishers Islamic books produced up to recently. between 1981 and 1995 ca. 1200 titles
Lentera (1996), Al-Qowam Group in DKI Jakarta, 145 in West Java, 79 in The Ministry of Religious Affairs cites a of books on Islamic themes circulated
(1999), Khairul Bayan (early 2000s), Central Java, 47 in DI Yogyakarta, 86 number as high as 7.728 titles, but these in the market. And, when adding the
Aqwam Group (2003), Kafayeh Cipta in East Java, 16 in North Sumatra, 6 in include merely the titles of Islamic books number from Tempo magazine above, it
Media (2007), apart from various other West Sumatra, 1 in Aceh, 4 in Riau, 8 in published in Indonesia up to 2003, which means that up to the end of the 1990s an
formally registered and unregistered South Sumatera, 6 in West Kalimantan, is only an estimate and not a reliable estimated 1500 to 2000 titles of books on
IKAPI members. Thus, instead of going 8 in South Sulawesi, 7 in Bali, and 2 number. Islam were published. 56
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