Population

10,701,777

Official language

Czech

Currency

Czech koruna (Kč)

Capital

Prague

Time Zone

UTC+1 (CET); Summer UTC+2 (CEST)

Dialling Code

+420

Area (sq. miles)

30,452

GDP

$432.346 bn (PPP)

VAT on Books

10% for books and 21eBooks 

Fixed Book Price Systems

No

Trade Associations

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

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] 

Annual Book Fairs

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

Trade Magazines

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   

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 teamPrague
Email:
zuzana.nagyova@fco.gov.uk 

Booksellers

Ventures 
Luxor
Kanzelsberger 

Publishers

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