Пандемични и постпандемични промени в световното книгоиздаване: тенденции и прогнози
Pandemic and Post-Pandemic Changes in Global Book Publishing: Trends and Predictions

Author(s): Tania Venelinova
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Media studies, Communication studies
Published by: Факултет по журналистика и масова комуникация, Софийски университет „Св. Кл. Охридски”
Keywords: book publishing; e-books; print books; COVID-19 Pandemic; economic environment
Summary/Abstract: After the events of the first quarter of 2020, book publishing is facing numerous challenges related to the economic and social changes that resulted from the COVID-19 Pandemic. After initially optimistic statistics at the end of 2020, book publishing in many countries faced problems in 2021. The closure of physical bookstores, the inability to organize large-scale book publishing forums, difficulties in supply chains, and the complexity of the economic environment are the main problems that book publishing is facing after the first year of the pandemic. With the improvement of the pandemic situation in the second half of 2022, the book publishing industry is clearly stating its desire to return to “normal”. Data from the end of the past year reported that it is difficult and slow for the industry to return to the market values of pre-2020. This report summarizes the difficulties facing book publishing in the period 2020-2022 and predicts the trends for the recovery and development of the industry in the coming years.

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