"The first Spanish
press was set up in 1473 at
Valencia, where the German trading company of Ravensburg had an important base.... Publishing flourished in the early period at
Barcelona,
Burgos,
Zaragoza,
Seville, and the university towns of
Salamanca and
Alcalá de Henares." The Instituto Nacional del Libro Español (National Book Institute) formed in 1941. As of 2004 Spain had some 2,000+ book publishers in the private sector, including , and
Prisa. As of 2013 there were 809 publishing enterprises. The
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization designated
Madrid the 2001
World Book Capital. ==Booksellers==