How the coronavirus will change book publishing now and forever outlines how publishing communities are trying to find a way to work. Ebooks and digital audiobooks seem to be selling well during the pandemic. Still, the short-term strategy of independent books like the Strand bookstore in Manhattan was filing requests to stay open like dozens of other businesses worldwide. Publishing communities were arguing in the article’s publication at the end of March how valuable resource books are right now. It seems a nightmare for booksellers and publishers if distributors shut down. Now they are scrambling to move online and begin taking online orders, which have seen a slight surge in sales, but they are definitely holding their breaths. 2022 Update: They are still holding their breaths.
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