Since 2015
Publishing house
01 Book Market presentation
02 Our publishing houseContents
03 BRaK Festival
The Slovak Book Market01
About Slovakia
Population: circa 5 500 000
Bordering Ukraine, Poland, The Czech
Republic and Hungary
Official language: Slovak
Market peculiarities: great influx of
literature in Czech; also not insignificant
Hungarian book market
The Slovak Book Market stats
(as of 2023)
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Estimated annual turnover of the book market: 144 421 000 €
Number of publishing houses: 1523
Biggest publishers being: Ikar, Svojtka and
Albatros
Bookshops: 52 % bookstore chains; 12 %
independent; rest shared between
textbooks and Christian bookstores
Majority of sales via bookstores; big publishers
supply themselves, smaller ones use distribution
chains such as Partner Technic
The Slovak Book Market stats
(as of 2023)
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Number of books printed: 9 887 806
(average print run 1000)
Number of books published: 9883 – of that number:
➢ 7605 first editions
➢ 1934 children’s books
➢ 2588 e-books; 696 audiobooks
➢ 8512 books in Slovak, 516 books in minority languages
➢ Translations: 65% English, 9% German, 6% French, 4% Polish,
3% Italian
Average book price: 14,98 € - compared to average wage of 1569 €
Current VAT 10% - government plan to increase to 23%
The Slovak Book Market stats
(as of 2023)
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Fixed prices: currently not required by law, despite
continuous efforts of the book industry. There exists,
however, a consensus on upholding these prices, which
is generally followed
Slovak books most translated into: Czech (760), Hungarian (318),
German (208), English (193), Polish (125)
That means rights are mostly sold to neighbouring countries
Book fairs and awards: most lucrative award - Anasoft Litera
(others include Medziriadky, Poviedka or Básne SK/CZ
Biggest book fair is Bibliotéka, but also many smaller, local
ones (BRaK, Žilinský literárny festival, TRANZ, etc.)
Publishing house
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e r ea a
Active since 2015: main goal is to promote
contemporary book culture together through its
literary, visual and material qualities.
Focuses on translated literature, domestic
literature, graphic novels and children’s books.
Is the main organizer of the Bratislava Book
Festival - an international gathering of authors,
illustrators, publishers and other professionals from
the world of books.
OUR BOOKS
Children’s02
Books
ALMA edition
• O tme a veľkom
človeku (Of darkness
and the great man)
• OFFroad
• Tonko, Slávka a
kúzelné svetlo
(Tony, Shelly and the
magic light)
• Panáčik, Kôstka, Slivka,
Poleno a zase Panáčik (
Puppet, Plum Pit, Plum, Plank,
and back to Puppet)
• Čísla (In great numbers)
Poetry02
Books
• Zbierka
zážitkovej
Poézie (Collection
of experiential
poetry)
• Žitava
• Básne SK/CZ
(Poems SK / CZ)
• Kosť a koža (Bone
and Skin)
• Štyri nočné
Obdobia (Four
night seasons)
Prose
Translated
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• Iracký mesiáš (Iraqi
messiah)
• Neľahké životy (Difficult
lifes)
• Pohľad grófky HahnHahn
(The Glance of
Countess Hahn-Hahn)
• Posledné pohladenia (The
Last Signs of Love)
• Tma na poludnie
(Darkness at Noon)
Prose
Domestic
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• Zbytočné pohyby
(Unnecessary movements)
• Pohľady z mŕtveho
Uhla (Views from a Dead
Angle)
• Rozhovory v Parku
(Conversations in the
Park)
• Na kolenách (On the
knees)
• Ruzká klazika (Ruzzian
Clazzics)
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Graphic
Novels
•Gemer
•Flughunde
•Persepolis
•Veľká vzdialenosť
(Great distance)
•Kôstka
(Stonefruit)
BRaK
Bratislavský knižný
festival
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Full
of…
Concerts
Discussions
Authors’
readings
Lectures
But
also
orkshops
Exhibitions
Plays
Book market
Aimed at small and
middle-sized publishers
THANK YOU
FOR YOUR TIME!
Contact us
Vydavateľstvo BRAK
Štefánikova 16
811 06 Bratislava
František Malík
tel.: +421 915 497 445
malik@brakfestival.sk
www.brak.sk
@brak_vydavatelstvo