In Strasbourg, “World Book Capital 2024”, bookstores in pain. Debts, rising costs, inflation...independent booksellers in the Alsatian city are warning of their difficult situation in a fragile sector.
“All small bookstores that opened less than five years ago are in difficulty,” summarizes Morgane Albisser, who has been running L’oiseau rare since 2019 with her sister Diane. Strasbourg is the first French city to receive this UNESCO label, created in 2001.