The Agency carries out the following activities:

• promotes the publication of quality books and magazines in the fields of literature and the humanities,
• promotes the development of electronic publishing,
• supports authors in the fields of literature and the humanities by awarding grants and by other means,
• implements the public lending right,
• promotes Slovenian books and authors,
• promotes and carries out various forms of international cooperation in the field of books, key among which are translations of works by Slovenian authors and national presentations of Slovenian literature and the humanities at the international level,
• cooperates with international institutions in the field of books,
• sets up the project Slovenia – Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair,
• provides conditions for the development of reading culture,
• promotes the development of the bookshop network in Slovenia and provides conditions for an increased accessibility of books,
• sets up book and magazine web portals,
• participates in planning strategic directives in the field of books,
• keeps a record of the information provided by the Single Price for Books Act,
• cooperates with government bodies and other organisations affecting the position of books,
• publishes administrative acts.