EXPORT SALES OFFER SOLACE FOR HARD-PRESSED SPANISH BOOK SECTOR
October 1st, 2010
BY ROBERT STOKES
EXPORT development and digital trends dominated discussion at the 30th annual staging of Liber, Spain's leading book fair, in Barcelona last week.
With Spain still gripped by recession, short-term hopes rest on exports and e-books. Government figures released at Liber showed book exports of all kinds rose 5.4% to EUR482 million (GBP402 million) in 2011. These accounted for 17.4% of the industry's near EUR2.8 billion (GBP2.3 billion) sales, which with Spain's weak economy were 4.1% lower than in 2010 and 13% below the peak in 2008. Recent data ...
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