The authors of the article provide the main statistics of the Russian printed periodicals output in 2019, analyzing the current state and trends in this sphere of the publishing business in Russia.

The article tells about contemporary publishing of the book production and export-import operations dealing with it in different states — members of the Commenwealth of Independent States.

The article presents bibliographic and statistical information about Russian book editions devoted to the Great Patriotic war. Special attention is given to editions of the last years, as well as to the projects of the Chamber dealing with 75th anniversary of the Victory.

This article is devoted to the analysis of economy of the contemporary book business. Discussed are the problems of interaction between the main its subjects — publishers, book traders and customers — in the conditions of transformation for the book itself and its reading. The favourable forecast about methods and forms of modernization for traditional book stores in Russia is substantiated.

The article covers issues related to the study of publishing practices of building communication models for illustrators of children’s books and readers. Various forms of events with the participation of illustrators and the experience of publishing preparation and conducting master classes, seminars, workshops and presentations of illustrated books for children are presented.

The study focused on opportunity of cooperation across the art market and a library; also it states the position and functions of library in art market’s infrastructure. The author considers the art market as a complex multilevel phenomenon poses an integration of different subjects; each of which fulfils one’s part. The library could be a component of such a process. That opens possibilities for the developing of economic relations in the field of art. Such a process can cause rising the status of the own collections for a library.

The article considers the experience of printing on demand for foreign publishing companies as one of the most promising technologies in the publishing business of the modern global book market. The author identifies the general printing algorithm on demand, and also analyzes the client base of some large publishing services.

Aspects of the editor’s work related to the technology of production and actualization of the comic book by means of publishing, as well as the most relevant concepts used in the Russian comic book publishing are considered.

The article considers the source-study possibilities of using the reporting documentation of the Russian Orthodox Church in the study of the history of Orthodox libraries in Kuban in XIX century. It is noted that the means of controlling higher church authorities over their subordinate structures were written reports, personal reports of hierarchs on the state of church affairs, review by the bearer of church authority of the spiritual institutions subordinated to him, conducting audits, etc.
The authors found that the church сhronicles contained valuable information about the formation of the Orthodox library network infrastructure and the relationship between the library and the authorities, as well as the year and place of opening of libraries, their number, thematic composition and dynamics of changes in book collections, circulation of books, readership, etc.

The author acquaintes readers with the collection ‘Bud’ Gotov!’ (“Be Ready!”; Moscow, 1916) published by Society for the Promotion of the Organization of Young Pathfinders in Moscow (“Russian Scout”). Descried are the theoretical and methodological provisions developed by Moscow scout leaders and interesting factual material, which this edition contains.

The authors describe the book editions collection of different years devoted to the activities of the United Nations, received as legal deposit by the Book Chamber since 1945 to 2020.