The publishing industry association is the development of the publishing industry to a certain The publishing industry association is a product of the development of the publishing industry to a certain stage in history, and also a product of the political, economic, cultural and legal development of society to a certain stage. Western publishing industry organizations emerged in the 17th and 18th centuries, after the technology of movable type printing became more popular, publishing productivity gained greater development, and the social influence of publications became more widespread.

European Booksellers Federation (EBF) The European Booksellers Federation (EBF) is an international not-for-profit trade association based in Belgium. Founded in 1968, formerly known as the European Booksellers Association (Groupement des Associations de Libraires de la Communauté européenne), the name was changed to its current name in 1994. The purpose of the EBF is to represent the interests of European booksellers, to enhance the image of booksellers, to strengthen ties with various booksellers' organizations and to assist national booksellers' associations in their work.

Booksellers Association is mainly composed of book sellers, is the main association in the field of book distribution, such as the American Booksellers Association, the British Booksellers Association, the French Book Federation, the Russian Association of Book Sellers, the Canadian Booksellers Association, the Japanese Publishing and Distribution Association, etc..

Due to the different historical backgrounds of countries around the world, the establishment and development of the publishing industry associations are not the same mode. In Europe, the publishing industry associations established earlier: the earliest prototype of the French publishing industry associations are called peer associations (Corporation), established in 1618; the British publishing industry associations can be traced back to the 18th century publishing industry associations; German booksellers and publishers association was founded on April 30, 1825, the predecessor of the " Leipzig German Publishers Association".

No matter what historical legacy the publishing industry association has inherited, with the historical development and social progress, the publishing industry association has not been satisfied with the role of domestic market competition and market order maintainer, but also is becoming the external market development and rights protection advocate.