In 2024, altogether 3,098 titles (books) were published in the Estonian language, compared to 3,169 titles in 2023 and 3,349 titles in 2022.
In 2024, the average print run was 682 copies. In 2023, the average print run was 648, and in 2022 – 755 copies.
In 2024, the genre dominating the publishing market was fiction (adult and children) clocking up 1,457 titles with the average print run of 540 copies, compared to 1550 titles with the average print run of 516 copies in 2023 and 1,503 titles with the average print run of 660 copies in 2022.
2024 saw the publication of 818 children’s titles with the average print run of 1100 copies compared to 788 titles with the average print run of 508 copies.
In 2024, books were published by 680 companies (2023 – 722 companies). 44 publishers (7%) published more than 10 titles and 481 publishers (70%) published only one title.
In 2024, 1,485 titles of e- and audiobooks were published in the Estonian language by 160 publishers. Half of them published only one title. In 2023, 1,744 titles of e- and audiobooks were published in the Estonian language by 172 publishers.
The total turnover of the publishing sector was approximately 35-37 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
