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Population

10.59 million (2017) 

Official language

Czech 

Currency

Czech koruna (Kč) 

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Important Ministries

Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
Ministry of Culture 

Official Statistics Office

Czech Statistics office  

Trade Associations

Association of Czech Booksellers and Publishers (Svazčeskýchknihkupců a nakladatelů or SČKN) 

Annual Book Fairs

Book World Prague (Svět knihy) is an international book fair and literary festival held over 4 days in May. 

Translation Programmes

VAT on Books

10% for books and 21% eBooks 

Fixed Book Price System

No

Trade Magazine

Knižní noviny magazine provides information on events in the book business and book publishing in the Czech Republic.

Jana Marxtová, Editor-in-Chief
Email: knizni.novinky@sckn.cz
Tel: +420 776 705 930   

Statistics

  • Reports on the Czech book market (SČKN, 2012–18, in Czech) 
  • Market report Czech Republic & Slovakia (PA, 2008) [link to download/view] 
  • Book market statistics (PA, 2017) [link to download/view] 

 

Useful Articles/Resources

Czech Literature Centre

Useful Contacts

British Council
Tel: +359 2 9424344

Department for International Trade
Email: tradeinvest.pragc@fco.gov.uk
Tel: +420 257 402 700 

Zuzana Nagyova, Director of DIT team, Prague
Email: zuzana.nagyova@fco.gov.uk 

Publishers
Directory of Publishers (Book World Prague)
Directory of Publishers (Publishers Global) 

Booksellers
Ventures 
Luxor
Kanzelsberger 

Book Distributors

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