Why Poland is the guest of honor at the world's top three book fairs

Poland is located in the heart of Europe, with a population of 38 million, bordering the Baltic Sea in the north, Germany in the west, the Czech Republic and Slovakia in the south, Ukraine and Belarus in the east, and Lithuania and Russia in the northeast. In recent years Poland's position in the European Union and the international arena has grown, and it is a member of the European Union, NATO, the United Nations, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Historically isolated from the world for linguistic and political reasons, Poland's book market was under oppressive control until 1990. In other words, Poland's current free and open book market has been in existence for only 25 years. 11, in the opening session on the theme of "Polish Book Market: Observations, Trends and Developments", Polish publisher Sonia Draeger introduced the basic layout of the current Polish publishing market: two strong booksellers (Empik and Matras), two specialized distributors, and two specialists in book publishing. Matras), two specialized distributors, thousands of small publishers and 15 to 20 larger publishing houses.

As in other developing countries, the strongest sales in Poland come from the specialty, STM, educational and children's book segments. But Poland's contemporary literature is no less impressive, according to Chad Post, publisher of book publishing company Open Letter Books, "Polish literature is able to both draw from traditional culture and create something new. Contemporary literature is not only innovative and relevant, but also meaningful." That's why Poland's bestseller list includes both local and translated books, with 60% of the bestsellers coming from local authors.