Facts & figures
Here we will collate external reports and data on small press, independent publishing, and other topics relevant to our creators. This information can be used to support funding applications and project pitches.
If you're looking for the reports on SPS events, you can find them here.
Comics
UK Comics Creators Research Report 2026 by the Comics Cultural Impact Collective
"Drawing on the responses from nearly 700 creators to the UK Comics Creator Survey in autumn 2025, this report builds on the findings of the first survey in 2020 and explores what has changed in the last five years, examining the impacts of Generative AI, the cost of living crisis and Brexit upon livelihoods."
Prose
Record book sales and 20% increase in footfall cement EIBF’s place at the heart of the most important conversations of our time by Dave Pickering
"Edinburgh International Book Festival has concluded a record-breaking year that reaffirmed its position as one of the world’s leading spaces for public conversation." Statistics on the success of EIBF 2026.
