--- source_url: "https://www.ingramspark.com/how-it-works/distribute" title: "Global Book Distribution | IngramSpark" mirrored_at: 2026-08-21T01:00:58.674Z host: www.ingramspark.com cited_in_42a: true mirror_canonical: "https://index.42a.ai/www.ingramspark.com/how-it-works/distribute" --- > **Original source:** https://www.ingramspark.com/how-it-works/distribute ### Germany The German book market is worth 9.29 billion euros (approx. $11 billion USD). Categories that perform best in the German market include: Adult, Juvenile, and YA Fiction, Religion, Music, Business/Economics, Biography, History, and Games/Activities. Even if your book doesn’t fall into one of these categories, we sell hundreds of thousands of titles into the German market every year and majority of them are in English! ### Poland The Polish book market is worth 532 million euros (approx. $636 million USD) and grew by 4% in 2019. Mainstream literature and children’s books have been gaining market share over the past 5 years in Poland, climbing from 19% in 2015 to 34% of book income earned in 2019. The most popular book categories in Poland are Adult Fiction, Juvenile Fiction and Nonfiction, Business/Economics, Biography, Self-Help, Computing, History, Religion, and Health/Fitness. We sell tens of thousands of English titles into Poland annually. ### United Kingdom As one of the places Ingram has our very own offices and print facility (versus partnering with a local printer and distributor), we recognize the United Kingdom as one of our most popular hubs for publishing interest. Home to 5,000 booksellers, the UK book market is worth over $3.3 Billion pounds. Main market segments of interest to the consumer: higher-ed, professional, language, religion. ### Italy The Italian book market is worth 3.04 billion euros ($3.7 billion USD) with tens of thousands of English titles sold into the Italian market every year! With distribution to over 4,000 nationwide physical retailers, chain and independent bookstores represent over 66% of readers’ purchasing habits in Italy. Across both all retailers, the most popular book categories in Italy are Adult, Juvenile, and YA Fiction, History, Religion, Business/Economics, Biography, Comics/Graphic Novels, Body/Mind/Spirit, and Health/Fitness. ### Spain The Spanish book market is worth more than €3 billion ($3.4 billion USD) annually with over 75% of the tens of thousands of titles we sell here written in English! Over the past decade, the number of readers in Spain has grown year-over-year. The most popular book categories in Spain include Juvenile Fiction and Nonfiction, Adult and YA Fiction, History, Comics/Graphic Novels, Biography, Self-Help, Business/Economics, and Art. ### China China is particular about what data it shares, but we know from our own data that we sell hundreds of thousands of books into China every year and 98% of those are in English. The most popular book categories sold in China are Juvenile Fiction and Nonfiction, Adult Fiction, Business/Economics, Educational, Music, History, Science, Computing, and Art. ### India The Indian book market is worth $7 billion USD and growing every year. With a population of nearly 1.3 billion people, India imports nearly $60 million USD worth of books annually, many of which are written in English. The most popular book categories sold in India are Religion, Adult Fiction, Juvenile Fiction and Nonfiction, History, Biography, Business/Economics, Self-Help, Sociology, and Education. ### South Korea The South Korean Book market is worth $5.4 billion USD and has been growing consistently over the past few years. We sell hundreds of thousands of English titles into South Korea every year, but publishers are responsible for ensuring their titles do not violate South Korean laws. The South Korean government may censor some books, but your content will never be edited at a text level. The most popular book categories in South Korea are Juvenile Fiction and Nonfiction, Adult Fiction, Business/Economics, Religion, Computing, Education, Science, Biography, and History. ### Japan The Japanese book market is worth 1,224 billion yen (approx. $11.2 billion USD). Digital publications accounted for 24% of the entire publishing market in Japan in 2020 and the most popular book categories of all book types sold in Japan include Juvenile Fiction and Nonfiction, Comics/Graphic Novels, Adult Fiction, History, Business/Economics, Education, Religion, Biography, and Foreign Language Study. ### Singapore The book market in Singapore is forecast to be worth about $150M in 2024. By 2029, is it expected that Singapore will have over 2M book readers, with 95% of people reading more than once a week. English is one of Singapore’s official languages and 93% of books sold there are written in English. The top 5 book categories sold in Singapore are Fiction, Self-Help, Business and Economics, Body, Mind, & Spirit, and Religion. [Learn More](https://www.ingramspark.com/singapore) about Singapore's book market.