Książka sportowa na polskim rynku wydawniczym w latach 1989–1995

Abstract

The article describes the publishing market of sports books in years 1989–1995. The aim of the article was to answer the question, how this sports books publishing market looked like after the political changes in 1989, which publishing companies issued books related to sports, and what issues, topics and sports disciplines were described most often. Based on the content analysis of “Bibliographic Guide” from years 1989–1995, which is being kept up to date in bibliographic database of the National Library, the number of published books about sport was calculated. Research shows that in those years 583 positions were issued, of which 272 were issued by universities, 98 by state-owned publishing houses, 74 by publishing organizations, associations and sports clubs, and 139 by private publishing houses. The article also presents the subjects of the issued books about sports. They concerned mainly the theory of sports and humanities, medical and natural aspects of sport and physical culture, as well as different sports disciplines. From the thematic analysis it appears that most of the books related to football and the Olympic Games.