THE QUESTION.
Until further notice, bookstores are not among the businesses deemed "essential" under the new health protocol.
They do not therefore benefit - like newsagents, tobacco or telecom shops - from the right to remain open during this start of the second confinement, whose start date falls badly for booksellers.
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Indeed, year-end sales (November and December) do not represent far from half of their annual turnover (44% in 2019 according to GfK Market Intelligence).
The French traditionally buy books en masse for the holidays, and these sales (about half of which fall under the “
general literature
” category
to which novels belong) are notably supported by the literary prizes, the season of which was due to begin this week.
In solidarity with bookstores and to "
keep
" the sales linked to their prices when they are opened again, several juries have announced
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