BOOKS SALE DECREASED IN ARMENIA
PanARMENIAN.Net
19.03.2009 18:01 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ According to data provided by Yerevan bookstores,
sales volume of books decreased by 20-30% in 2009 as compared to
last year’s results. Both internet libraries and financial crisis
consequences could be responsible for that. There’s still a vast
demand for schoolbooks. Book price increase is expected in future,
as the books are mainly imported from Russia, where the price raise
has already been registered because of edition decrease.
"This year, Leipzig Book Fair hosted 2135 participants from 38
countries around the world.
Even major organizations suffered the consequences of financial crisis,
but book industry appeared unaffected by the global economic crisis,"
Khaike Fisher, Leipzig Book Fair Information Department Manager told
a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.
"Unfortunately we had no participants from Armenia," Mr. Fisher noted,
expressing a hope that the situation will improve next year.
"Leipzig Book Fair fulfilled two primary tasks, by giving a new
impulse for the development of book industry and proving that books
are needed in our society today more than ever," Leipzig Book Fair
General Manager Wolfgang Martsin stated.