ScandBook Holding

What ScandBook Holding does

ScandBook Holding is a Sweden-based supplier that provides book publishers with end-to-end manufacturing and distribution services. Headquartered in Falun, the company positions itself as a single-source partner covering the physical production — printing and binding — and the downstream distribution logistics required to move finished books to market. Its customer base is exclusively B2B, selling capacity and services to publishers rather than directly to end consumers.

The firm's underlying capability stack combines industrial print capacity with distribution infrastructure, an integration that lets publishers outsource the post-author supply chain to one counterparty. No proprietary software platform, digital storefront, or technology product is referenced in the available data, and the public website (http://www.scandbook.com) returns only a loader/verification page without extractable content, so the technical architecture, equipment base, and product roadmap cannot be characterized from the input.

On the commercial side, ScandBook is a for-profit operating company whose revenue mechanics are not disclosed in the supplied data: pricing models, contract structures, unit economics, and segment mix (trade, academic, educational) are all absent. Ownership is described only as private; there is no parent company, investor roster, or capital structure detail in the source. The firmographic record therefore provides a clear functional description of the business but limited visibility into its operating economics.

Name

ScandBook Holding

Website

https://scandbook.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

ScandBook Holding is a Sweden-based, Falun-headquartered supplier that provides book publishers with end-to-end manufacturing and distribution services, covering printing, binding, and logistics for the publishing industry.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Falun

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure

Core offering

ScandBook Holding is a supplier that meets all the needs of book publishers for the manufacture and distribution of books. The company provides end-to-end production and fulfillment services for printed books on behalf of publishers. The company operates from Falun, Sweden.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Book printing and distribution services End-to-end book manufacturing (printing) and distribution services for book publishers, covering the production and fulfillment of printed books. Targeting publishers in the European market from the company's Falun, Sweden base.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Direct peers

• Drukkerij Graphius: Belgian book printer specializing in hardcover, trade and education titles for European publishers. Comparable to ScandBook as a mid-sized European book-first manufacturer competing for the same continental publisher accounts.
• Elanders: Swedish-headquartered global printing group offering book manufacturing, packaging, and integrated supply-chain solutions to publishers and brand owners. Closely comparable to ScandBook in terms of Nordic origin, B2B print-and-fulfilment model, and exposure to the European book supply chain.
• CPI Books (CPI Group): UK-based book printing and binding specialist serving trade, academic and education publishers globally. Comparable to ScandBook as a dedicated book manufacturer offering short-run digital and large-run offset capacity for publishers.
• TJ Books: UK-based specialist book printer serving independent and academic publishers with short- to medium-run capacity. Comparable to ScandBook as a niche book-first printer targeting publisher clients with shorter production runs.

Emerging players

• Amazon (Kindle Direct Publishing / Print on Demand): Operates an on-demand book printing network that competes with traditional book manufacturers like ScandBook for short-run and self-published titles. Increasingly relevant peer given the secular shift toward print-on-demand in publisher supply chains.

Broad incumbents

• LSC Communications: Historically one of the largest US book and magazine printers, serving the same publisher customer base as ScandBook at significantly larger scale. Relevant incumbent benchmark for cost structure and consolidation dynamics in book printing.
• Ingram Content Group: Large US-based book wholesaler and print-on-demand provider operating Lightning Source. Comparable to ScandBook through its print manufacturing and distribution services to publishers, though at significantly greater scale and geographic reach.
• Bertelsmann Printing Group / Arvato: Division of Bertelsmann providing book and media printing services across multiple European sites. Comparable to ScandBook as a major European book printing counterparty with overlap in trade and education publishers.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights3 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/scand.book.7

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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