ARGENTINE ECONOMIC PROTECTIONISM HINDERING E-BOOK SALES

The Argentine government’s economic protectionism is thwarting the growth of e-book sales, experts at the International Book Fair in Buenos Aires said this week. The country’s 39th book fair, which ended on Monday, was attended by a total of 1.1 million people, said fair organisers. Visitors from 20 countries and 460 publishers participated in the book fair.Sessions at designated ‘digital’ and ‘future’ zones were popular, said Daniel Benchimol, director of Argentine digital publications consultancy Proyecto451 (NOTE - NO SPACE IN NAME). But the ...


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