The ax has fallen and it is a disaster.
Sunday evening, the Prime Minister, Jean Castex, showered all last hopes.
Those of booksellers, who have been showing closed doors since last Saturday, even if some are looking for clarification in “click & collect” systems.
It has also won the hopes of the editors, because the situation is much worse than during the first confinement.
This time, not only are the bookstores closed, but also no shelves of supermarkets or Fnac books are accessible.
The government has decided to pull the curtain down on the physical sale of books from Tuesday.
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All weekend, however, representatives of publishers and independent bookstores fought to obtain an exemption from the public authorities.
"But we quickly realized that there would be no miracle",
reports Guillaume Husson, general delegate of the Syndicat de la librairie française (SLF).
"I am fighting for the booksellers who must hold
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