(ANSA) - TURIN, OCTOBER 17 - One day after the closing of the XXXIII edition, the balance sheet of the Book Fair for publishers - large and small - is excellent, higher than expected.
Sales are higher than those of 2019, the last edition in presence.
There is a crowd in the stands and at the meetings with the authors, endless queues at the firmcopie.
Many publishing houses report a lower average age of the public, with many young people choosing books and stocking up on titles.
Laterza, which celebrates 120 years at the Salone, talks about sales "higher than 2018, the golden year", for Mondadori sonomaggiori of 2019, for Sellerio the growth is 30% on 2019, for Giulio Perrone Editore of 60%.
Even the small ones were satisfied: "An unprecedented edition due to the great desire to return to the Salone. Sales are very good for everyone, definitely more than in the past. We did not expect it, we finished titles and restocked quickly. I expected a good success but not of this magnitude "underlines Gianmario Pilo, director of the Turin independent publishing house Add. (ANSA).
