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Greek Country Report 2008 by POEV Hellenic
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GREECE 2008
Number of inhabitants 11 million inhabitants
(2001) Illiteracy 9 Number of
Bookstores 2.650 1.070 Bookstores that belong
to Book Organizations 1.500 Small Bookstores
supermarkets 80 Stationary Stores No of
Newsstands with books 850 Number of
Publishers 650 (in 1990 374) VAT rate 4,5 ?
for books 19 ? for magazines multimedia
Fixed Book Prices there is a fixed price for
2 years old new titles. (the booksellers have
the right to make a discount until 10 for these
new -2 years old- titles. Older titles can be
sold with bigger discount, depending on each
bookseller.
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GREECE 2008
Sharing Out of Market Shares ? small
bookstores? 22,5 ? big bookstores? 21,3 ?
kiosks newsstands (that sell cigarettes etc) ?
8,2 ? stationary bookshops? 3 ? newspapers
kiosks? 2,8 ? stock bookstores? 1 ? super
markets? 0,7 ? internet? 0,5
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GREECE 2008
Reading Habits of Population   ? read a lot ?
8,6 read a little ? 25,4 dont read at
all ? 43,8   ? women read more than men   ?
Reasons they don t read books dont
have time ? 39,1 dont like
reading/bored of it ? 18,3 not
interested ? 5,9  
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GREECE 2008
Reading Habits of Population ? Reasons they
read less than the previous 5 years
dont have time ? 51,6 family
obligations? 7,4 job obligations ?
7,4 new interests ? 3,6
Training For Booksellers There is a 2 year
school (IEK) after secondary education- for
booksellers and publishing employees. There is a
University for librarians.
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GREECE 2008
Promotion of Trade and Marketing   Book Fairs ?
Book Festival, in Athens, at Dionisiou
Aeropagitou str, under Acropolis. 2 times a
year (the last 50 years) for 17 days, in
September and in May. ? Book Fair in Piraeus (the
harbor of Athens) nearby the sea. ? Book Fair at
Thessaloniki (nearby the sea) ? International
Book Fair of Thessaloniki (the last 5 years) with
publishers from Greece Europe. Exchange of
foreign rights, conferences for Publishers and
Booksellers, and book presentations.
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GREECE 2008
Hellenic Federation of Publishers and
Booksellers ( POEV www.poev.gr)   -   POEV
was founded in 1961. -   It is not a non-profit
organization, but a federation. -   POEVs
members are all the Unions of Booksellers and
Publishers of every big city of Greece. -   The
income comes from every Union which organizes
book fairs in every big city. -   The Federation
is currently a member of the IPA, FEP and
EBF -   in 1974, the Federation took part in the
Frankfurt Book Fair in which it has been
participating every year since then, as long as
to all big book Fairs around the world. -   In
1998, the catalogue of Greek Bibliography was
transcribed in a digital form under the name
VIVLIONET (www.biblionet.gr) -   Greece was an
honored country in the Frankfurt book fair of
2001.