Slovakia Archives - Publishing Perspectives https://publishingperspectives.com/tag/slovakia/ International publishing news and opinion Tue, 25 Nov 2025 12:42:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://publishingperspectives.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/cropped-P19-favicon-32x32.png Slovakia Archives - Publishing Perspectives https://publishingperspectives.com/tag/slovakia/ 32 32 The Frankfurt Global Network: A Spotlight on International Markets https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/11/the-frankfurt-global-network-a-spotlight-on-international-markets/ https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/11/the-frankfurt-global-network-a-spotlight-on-international-markets/#comments Tue, 25 Nov 2025 12:41:48 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=213889 Participants in this year's Frankfurt Global Network program share insight into their home markets.

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]]> https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/11/the-frankfurt-global-network-a-spotlight-on-international-markets/feed/ 1 Slovakia’s Publishers Surprised by a VAT Reduction on Books https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/03/slovakias-publishers-surprised-by-a-vat-reduction/ Tue, 11 Mar 2025 19:42:53 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=207333 Facing publishing industry backlash, Slovakia's government reversed its 23-percent book VAT hike, instead slashing it to 5 percent.

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]]> A Czech Second-Hand Books Boom: Knihobot’s Big Year https://publishingperspectives.com/2021/11/a-czech-second-hand-books-boom-knihobots-big-year-covid19/ Tue, 30 Nov 2021 10:31:18 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=162920 Knihobot, an online second-hand bookseller, is seeing increasing success with Czech consumers and plans to expand to Slovakia and Germany.

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]]> Rights Roundup: The Pandemic Changes the Book Fair Calendar Again https://publishingperspectives.com/2021/04/rights-roundup-the-pandemic-changes-the-book-fair-calendar-again/ Fri, 09 Apr 2021 16:27:44 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=153936 Titles in our Rights Roundup come from Japan by way of Finland, as well as Slovakia, Sweden, Germany, Turkey, the United States, and France.

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]]> Green Eggs and Shoes: Dr. Seuss Licenses Footwear https://publishingperspectives.com/2020/08/green-eggs-and-shoes-dr-seuss-licenses-footwear-rights-licensing-skechers/ Fri, 28 Aug 2020 16:07:21 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=145494 With more books' imagery planned for coming years, the Skechers-Dr. Suess agreement starts with 'The Cat in the Hat' in Europe and North America.

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]]> Dr. Seuss Powers Ahead, With Newly Expanded Licensing in Europe https://publishingperspectives.com/2020/08/dr-seuss-powers-ahead-with-newly-expanded-licensing-in-europe/ Thu, 20 Aug 2020 17:45:59 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=145154 The Seuss summer is an expansive one in Europe as Slovakia, Albania, and Germany open new licensing deals with the famous brand.

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]]> Rights Roundup: ‘Petr Pan’ Flies Again https://publishingperspectives.com/2020/08/rights-roundup-petr-pan-flies-again/ Fri, 14 Aug 2020 12:54:45 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=144920 This time our Rights Roundup titles are from Slovakia, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Norway, and the United States.

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]]> A Member of Slovakia’s Parliament Calls for a Competitive Textbook Market https://publishingperspectives.com/2018/11/slovakia-parliament-member-proposes-opening-textbook-market/ Tue, 27 Nov 2018 06:30:37 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=123968 Finding itself among a handful of European Union nations still with a state-controlled textbook market, Slovakia, says parliament member Branislav Gröhling, must change.

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]]> Domestic Fiction Leads Slovakia’s Book Market Growth and Bestseller Lists https://publishingperspectives.com/2018/03/slovakian-fiction-leads-book-market-growth/ Tue, 06 Mar 2018 07:30:23 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=113534 In its latest market report, Slovakia's publishers' association says the overall book market was worth up to €110 million (US$135.3 million) in 2016. Fiction rose to 27 percent of those sales.

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]]> New English Translations of Slovakian Literature in the UK Market https://publishingperspectives.com/2017/05/translations-from-slovakia-in-the-uk/ Tue, 30 May 2017 06:30:52 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=102249 Translators of Slovak literature say that the interest level in this work remains low compared to how Czech literature fares.

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