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Book sales in Portugal in the first quarter of this year grew by 2.6% compared to the same period in 2025, which translated into the sale of more than 3.2 million books. According to the figures announced this Friday by the Portuguese Association of Publishers and Booksellers (APEL), between January and March of this year...
Last year, Portugal and Spain once again bucked the downward trend in book sales in Europe, according to a study revealed by the German company GfK at the London Book Fair.
Miguel Pauseiro, president of the Association of Publishers and Booksellers, reflects on the increase in book sales. He highlights the good news but warns: “cyclical growth is not structural growth”.
Sales of books rose by 6.9% in 2025, boosted mainly by strong demand for children's titles and colouring books.
