EXPORTS AND EBOOKS LIGHTEN THE GLOOM IN SPAIN
September 1st, 2012
BY ROBERT STOKES, IN MALAGA
12 SEPTEMBER 2012
SPAIN's ailing book industry has seen things go from bad to worse throughout 2012 as the country moved centre stage in the Eurozone crisis, government austerity measures hit hard, and unemployment hovered around 25%.
This is the gloomy backdrop to Liber, the most important book fair in Spanish language publishing, which is celebrating its thirtieth anniversary at the 2012 edition being held from October 3 to 5 in Barçelona, Spain.
2011 was tough enough. Recent figures from FGEE, the Spanish publishers' federation ...
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