Report: Russian Book Market Down 20 Percent in 2020
Publishers in Russia talk of little hope of a turnaround in 2021, describing a book market that was sliding before the pandemic’s onset. By Eugene Gerden ‘Books Have Become a Luxury Item’ Areport from the Russian Book Chamber and its statistics division has indicated that in the pandemic year 2020, Russia’s book publishing market fell by 20 percent. In units, this represents a decline of 83.7 million titles in Russia. The overall turnover of published books and associated content fell by 19 percent last year, the report says, from some 435.1 million copies in 2019 to 351.4 million copies. Hardest