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Serbia’s Book Market Faces Pressure as Publishers Challenge Belgrade Fair Model

Serbia’s publishing industry is entering the 2026 autumn sales season amid a dispute over participation in the Belgrade International Book Fair, while company results point to a market that is growing in nominal terms but contracting after inflation. Laguna, Delfi, Kreativni Centar, Čarobna knjiga, Dereta, Kontrast and four other publishing and bookselling companies have said they will not participate in the 69th Belgrade International Book Fair, citing unfavourable commercial conditions and the removal of publisher representatives from the fair’s board.…