The pocket book is reinvented in Spain in the era of the E-book (2000-2016)

Pocket books have been and are still being purchased in large amounts from the general book offer by an important sector of society, due to their leading characteristics: their small format, diversified contents and low price. At the beginning of the 21st century, the emergence of the E-book propitiated a great deal of debate on the future of book forms and several sectors predicted the disappearance of the pocket book in just a few years' time. The aim of this article is to analyze the evolution of pocket books within the publishing sector between 2000 and 2016, bearing in mind the simultaneous development of digital books and the competition they represent in regard to their production and the subscription and downloading costs. Based on data pertaining to creation, production and invoicing, we can conclude that pocket books have held their ground in terms of quantity and quality despite the financial crisis and the growing popularity of the E-book.