Purpose

The purpose of the Book Publishers’ Association is:

To safeguard, study, and promote the common economic and professional interests of all book publishers, particularly its members.
To conduct a thorough and systematic examination of challenges across all sectors related to books, from production to distribution (writers, translators, editors, booksellers, salespeople, printers, bookbinders) and to maintain strong union relations with the stakeholders of the above professions in order to foster collective advocacy and issue resolution.
To encourage and promote collaboration among its members, organizing them into consortia and cooperatives of various economic forms, in order to enhance advocacy and promotion of their economic, professional, and insurance
To foster a spirit of solidarity and mutual assistance among its members and to ensure the conditions for enhancing their professional training and advancing their cultural and educational levels.
To enhance the publishing standards in Greece: i.e. more comprehensive bibliography, superior quality, better presentation, and more affordable pricing.
To contribute to the development of a modern education system that aligns with the demands of the present and the aspirations for the future.
To cultivate bibliophilia (love for books) through multifaceted actions of its own, utilizing the mass media and all modern promotional networks. To mobilize the state to undertake similar actions in this direction.
To strive to establish a modern network of school libraries, fully updated and operating at their optimal level. To create libraries nationwide that are well-equipped according to contemporary standards, all under a single national organization.
To continuously and comprehensively promote and advertise books. To ensure that the Mass Media practically acknowledges the publication of a book as newsworthy.
To raise awareness and mobilize teachers and professors to nurture children's love and proper appreciation for books.
To seek the acknowledgment of its significant contribution to social development, as the products it produces (books) are the cornerstone of the cultural, educational, and scientific development of Greek Society: books offer knowledge, disseminate ideas, nurture aesthetic appreciation, and shape characters.
To cultivate, support, foster, and disseminate the spirit of unionism within the realm of publishing, aiming for the participation and collective action of all Greek publishers.