Now there are 643 independent publishing houses in Russia. Most of them are concentrated in Moscow. However, there are only ten key players, two of which control about 35% of the entire publishing book market in Russia.

Top - 10 book publishers in Russia *:

2. "OLMA Media Group / ID Enlightenment" Is a Russian publishing house that occupies 14% of the Russian book market. In 2011, the founders of OLMA Media Group Vladimir Uzun and Oleg Tkach bought out from the Government of RF. Publishing House "Education". Since 2014, Arkady Rotenberg has been one of the minority shareholders of Enlightenment and is a member of the board of directors.

3. "ABC - Atticus" Is one of the largest book publishing groups in Russia, founded in 2008. It includes: "Azbuka", "Inostranka", "Colibri" and "Makhaon". The co-owner is Alexander Mamut with 75% minus one share.

4. "Egmont Russia" Is a subsidiary of the oldest Danish publishing concern in Europe "Egmont International Holding", specializing in the production of books and magazines for children. The publishing house occupies about 70% of the market for children's periodicals.

5. "Rosman"- children's publishing house No. 1 in Russia, occupying 2% of the Russian book market. The most famous project of the publishing house is the series of books by J.K. Rowling about Harry Potter. Owner - Mikhail Markotkin.

6. "Exam"- a book publishing house, the priority of which is materials for preparing students for the OGE and the Unified State Exam.

7. "RIPOL classic"- a diversified publishing house, the general director of which is Sergey Makarenkov. Collaborates with illustrator Eric Bulatov. The most popular book series is “30 Seconds”.

8. "Phoenix"- the largest regional publishing house in Russia, located in Rostov-on-Don and producing textbooks for universities and schools.

9. "Flamingo"- a publishing house specializing in the publication of books for preschoolers and primary school students (alphabets, primers, fairy tales, educational books).

10. "Juventa"- a publishing house specializing in educational and methodological literature for preschoolers, as well as for primary and secondary schools.

Every year the competition is weakening: either there is a merger - "Eksmo" and "AST" and "Azbuka" and "" Attticus-Publishing ", or the takeover -" Eksmo - AST "of" Bustards "and" Ventany-Graf ", or the publishers themselves leave the market as a result of bankruptcy. Thus, there is a tendency towards monopolization in the Russian publishing business.

* Information taken from the Rospechat industry report of 2016.