The Association is a non-profit trade organization for Sweden's book, paper and office merchants. Their mission is to disseminate information about books and reading and to create the conditions for a broad and competent network of booksellers in Sweden. The association safeguards the common interests of the member companies, both internationally and within Sweden, by bringing their case to decision makers, suppliers and other interest organizations. The association has about 300 members and is largely financed by membership fees.
Find out more on the association's website.
New research paper on book returns published through EIBF project RISE Bookselling
Through RISE Bookselling, a three-year EU co-funded project run by the European and International Booksellers Federation (EIBF), EIBF produced a comprehensive research paper investigating book returns systems in seven countries around the world.
Northern European Bookselling Markets in 2021: despite overall growth, bookshop sales numbers continue to lag behind
Analysing the preliminary sales figures from 2021, we take a closer look at four bookselling markets in the northern Europe
EIBF webinar: The rise of audiobooks
On 18 March, we hosted a webinar to discuss the meteoritic rise of audiobooks in Sweden and beyond