GREECE BOOK SALES SLOW AMIDST FINANCIAL CRISIS
January 1st, 2012
BY MICHAEL KOSMIDES, IN ATHENS
LIKE most other sectors, Greece's book market felt the profound effect of the debt crisis this past Christmas, in terms of sales. Annie Ragia, president of the Hellenic Federation of Publishers and Booksellers said that although the country's market picked up a bit after mid-December, "that was far from enough, as there has been an estimated a 30-40% drop in sales in 2011."
The 2011 book charts from Athens-based daily newspaper TA NEA, show that novels penned by women and romances were festive fiction best sellers: ...
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