- In 2023, altogether 3,169 titles (books) were published in the Estonian language, compared to 3,3349 titles in 2022 and 3,152 titles in 2021.
- In 2023, the average print run was 648 copies. In 2022, the average print run was 755, and in 2021 – 837 copies.
- In 2023, the genre dominating the publishing market was fiction (adult and children) clocking up 1,899 titles with the average print run of 567 copies, compared to 1,503 titles with the average print run of 660 copies in 2022.
- 2023 saw the publication of 788 children’s titles compared to 894 titles in 2022. Although the number of titles increased, the print run in total dropped almost 50%.
- In 2023, books were published by 722 companies. 45 publishers (6%) published more than 10 titles and 509 publishers (70%) published only one title.
- In 2023, 1,744 titles of e- and audiobooks were published in the Estonian language by 172 publishers. Half of them published only one title.
- The total turnover of the publishing sector was approximately 35 million euros. The turnover of e-books and audiobooks made up 3–4% of the overall publishing turnover.
- The VAT rate applied to printed books stands at 9%, and the same rate applies to e-books since May 2020.
- English and German are the leading languages for titles in translation.
- Estonia has about thirty bookstores. Most of them belong to two bookstore chains: Rahva Raamat (rahvaraamat.ee) and Apollo (www.apollo.ee).
* Source: Statistics Estonia, National Library of Estonia
