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Wahid Hasjim accepted publishers including Pustaka Salman In the meantime, supported by the large in 2006 around 766 publishers were fact not resulted in producing reliable
the position of the (1980), Shalahuddin Press (1983), Mizan number of Islamic publishers, Islamic formally registered as IKAPI members data on the total number of titles of
Vice Chairman of the (1983), Gema Insani Press (1986), and Book Fairs (IBF, national exhibitions and almost half of them were specialized Islamic books produced up to recently.
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Masjumito assist his Paramadina (1986). particularly organized for Islamic books) in publishing books on Islam. The most The Ministry of Religious Affairs cites
father Kyai Hasjim has been held annually in Jakarta since important thing to note here is that the a number as high as 7.728 titles, but
Asj’ari, who was the Entering the 1990s, officially registered 2001 and recently also in areas outside total number does not include Islamic these include merely the titles of Islamic
Chairman. publishers included Pustaka Al Kautsar Jakarta. In fact, in 2006, IKAPI held an book publishers who are not IKAPI books published in Indonesia up to
(early 1990s), LkiS (1993), Robbani
Source: National Archive Press (1993), Darul Falah (1993), International Islamic Book Fair (IIBF) in members and we can be assured that 2003, which is only an estimate and not
of the Republic of Lentera (1996), Al-Qowam Group Jakarta, an exhibition of Islamic books they are plentiful, particularly in remote a reliable number.
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Indonesia. (1999), Khairul Bayan (early 2000s), at an international scale. The result regions. As a result, because of these Therefore, it is difficult to give a clear
Aqwam Group (2003), Kafayeh Cipta was that the total number of Islamic publishing houses we witness a blooming estimation of the total number of Islamic
publishing houses did not decrease, but
phenomenon of Islamic book production
Media (2007), apart from various other rather significantly increased annually. on the Indonesian book market. book titles circulating in Indonesia.
formally registered and unregistered However, the statistical data from several
IKAPI members. Thus, instead of going IKAPI data show that between 2000 However, beyond the phenomenal studies indicate that we may conclude
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through a period of decline because of and 2003, it registered 20 more new growth of Islamic book publication we that for the period between 1945 and
the economic crisis that hit Indonesia at Islamic publishers as IKAPI members should acknowledge that up to recently 1970, Indonesian publishers annually
the end of the 1990s, from year to year, and in 2002 there were in total 515 there is no data on the total volume of produced at least 800 book titles. In
the total number of Islamic publishers in publishers affiliated with IKAPI. In 2005 Islamic books that has become available spite of fluctuations, the total number
Indonesia grew rapidly. the total number of affiliated publishers in the market. Studies conducted by of religious book titles kept growing,
located in various regional branches in Yayasan Masagung, the Ministry of
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48. Several other publishers that participated particularly from 1945 to 1970. From
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in the proliferation of Islamic book publishers in Indonesia stood at 681: 266 publishers Religious Affairs, and others have in the total number of religious book titles
Indonesia included Pustaka Arafah, Pustaka As in DKI Jakarta, 145 in West Java, 79 in 51. “Ikapi Punya Peran Strategis dalam the books mostly produced concerned
Sunnah, Pustaka Imam Asy-Syafi’i, Pustaka Ar Central Java, 47 in DI Yogyakarta, 86 Pengembangan Budaya Unggul,” in http://www.
Rayyan, Pustaka At-Taqwa, Pustaka At Tazkia, ikapi.or.id, http://www.ikapi.org, September 13, Islamic themes.
Pustaka Darul Ilmi, Pustaka Ibnu Katsir, Pustaka in East Java, 16 in North Sumatra, 6 in 2006 (accessed on May 4, 2008).
Imam Adz-Dzahabi, Pustaka Azzam, Pustaka West Sumatra, 1 in Aceh, 4 in Riau, 8 in A quite significant increase appears
Abdulloh, Pustaka Al-Sofwa, Pustaka Sumayyah, South Sumatera, 6 in West Kalimantan, 52. In 1990, Yayasan Masagung attempted to from the data provided by the Library
Pustaka Al Furqon, Pustaka At Tibyan, Pustaka record all Islamic books that were published from
Yassir, Pustaka At Tazkiya, Pustaka Ulil Albab, 8 in South Sulawesi, 7 in Bali, and 2 1945 up to 1980, along with their classification and Documentation Division of Tempo
Maktabah Al Ghurobaa, Media Hidayah, Media publishers in East Nusa Tenggara. 50 in Islamic disciplines. The result of the recording magazine above. It reveals that between
Tarbiyah, Darul Hag, Darul Qolam, Darus Sunnah process was a catalogue entitled Buku Islam Sejak 1980 and 1987, from the 1.949 titles
Press, Pustaka Barokah, Rumah Dzikir, Al Aqwam, The total number is still increasing; Tahun 1945, 1987 & 1990 that illustrates early
Al Qowam, At Tibyan, Darul Falah, Najmaazkiya, portraits of Islamic books in Indonesia. See http:// the production lists of 110 Islamic publishers that
Pustaka Norma, Insan Kamil, La Raiba Bima 49. Heri Ruslan, “International Islamic Book Fair: www.depag.web.id/research/lektur/96/ (being participated in the Islamic Book Fair organized by
Amanta (eLBA), Wafa Press, Rumah Dzikir, Daar Gairah Buku-buku Islami,” Republika, October 30, accessed on June 09, 2007). IKAPI in Jakarta in 2003. See http://www.depag.
An Naba, Maktabah Al Ghuroba, Qisthi Press, and 2005. 53. In 2003, the Ministry of Religious Affairs made web.id/research/lektur/96/ (accessed on June 09,
several others. 50. See IKAPI’s official site at http://www.ikapi.org. an inventory of 3041 titles of books on Islam from 2007).

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