Will the extension of the sales field overpower the market?
Browsing the pages of different resale sites between individuals, wondering about the future of publishing is not incongruous.
Poussière blonde
(Albin Michel, February 7, 2024), by Tatiana de Rosnay, priced at €12, compared to €21.90 in bookstores;
D’or et de jungle
(Calmann-Lévy, February 7, 2024) by Jean-Christophe Rufin, at €10 rather than €22.5;
ditto for
La nef des fous
(Bouquins, March 7, 2024) by Michel Onfray, initially at €20… On Leboncoin.fr, the third most consulted domain in France, no less than 7 million advertisements for books at reduced prices are referenced , among other real estate, clothing and even furniture offers.
Among them, many publications certified as “new condition” appear only a few days after publication.
Online payment followed by a delivery service, or hand delivery, and libraries are growing at a lower cost.
If, as the site's slogan advocates, this is
"good for all"
, what about the economic model of a sector increasingly weakened by this market segment?
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