More Books: Franceschini, sales and readers are growing

(ANSA) - ROME, 04 DEC - "It is truly a day of celebration, of optimism. And we need trust. I think it is a truly important day. For many years we have talked about book crises, about reading, about being late compared to other European countries . Today we can finally look to a future in a different logic. The numbers will be told there is an important growth in sales, in readers ". Minister of Culture Dario Franceschini said this today at the cutting of the ribbon of the edition in which the Small and Media Publishing Fair at EUR in Rome celebrates its twentieth anniversary of 'Più libri più libero'.

   "These are important numbers - added the minister - which are the result of a job done in recent years. When we collaborate we can achieve important goals. We have introduced measures such as App18 which this year has become permanent and two emergency funds for bookstores, every time. 30 million.

   Like all crises, they leave something positive, even the most dramatic ones. Experiences such as lockdowns and security measures have brought elements into our lives that we thought were no longer there in the world of frenzy. numbers believe structural numbers and not a bubble linked to the emergency.

   There is a great deal of work still to be done. More books that are freer today can celebrate this recovery ", stressed Franceschini.

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