Horobets O. A statistical study of book publishing in Ukraine

The purpose of the dissertation is to substantiate the theoretical and methodological provisions and develop methodological and practical recommendations for statistical research of the book publishing industry of Ukraine to improve information support for its further development. The object of research is the book publishing house of Ukraine. The subject of research is theoretical, methodical and practical aspects of statistical study of book publishing in Ukraine. The scientific novelty of the obtained results lies in the development of theoretical and methodological principles of statistical evaluation and improvement of information and statistical support of the book publishing industry of Ukraine. for the first time: a comprehensive statistical evaluation of the book publishing house of Ukraine was carried out, the results of which can be used to determine further directions of development of this branch; the use of big data as an alternative source of statistical data on the book publishing industry is substantiated, which will allow to increase the completeness and quality of its information and statistical support; improved: the system of statistical indicators that characterize the publishing house, by supplementing it with additional indicators, the use of which will contribute to the objective assessment of the industry as a whole; methodical bases of statistical estimation of book publishing by the method of the main components that allowed to allocate factors of influence on this branch and to carry out on their basis the correlation-regression analysis of dependence of the basic indicators of branch on the certain factors; statistical monitoring of e-book publishing in the conditions of digitalization, which made it possible to assess the level of integration of e-books in the book publishing industry; received further development: the conceptual and categorical apparatus of the publishing industry, in particular the interpretation of the concepts of "cultural statistics" and "publishing", which allowed to identify the main areas of research in cultural statistics and deepen the idea of ​​publishing as an object of statistical research; regulatory support of the book publishing industry by providing recommendations for amendments and additions to the laws of Ukraine governing domestic book publishing, in terms of regulating the fight against piracy in the field of electronic book publishing and creating favorable conditions for the use of licensed electronic books. theoretical and methodological approaches to the statistical analysis of world trends in the book publishing industry on the basis of cluster analysis, which allowed to determine the group of leading countries in this field.