Publishing under COVID-19 in small book markets
The paper is based on a survey that was conducted among publishers in Slovakia, Iceland, Lithuania and Slovenia in May and August 2020. The paper looks at how publishers reacted to the COVID-19 crisis in their respective countries, what was its impact on book sales and how did the publishers adapt t...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:4db0d842e62742deaf24b34e7e6e08a0 2023-05-15T16:49:31+02:00 Publishing under COVID-19 in small book markets Miha Kovač Arūnas Gudinavičius 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.15388/Knygotyra.2020.74.58 https://doaj.org/article/4db0d842e62742deaf24b34e7e6e08a0 EN LT eng lit Vilnius University Press https://www.journals.vu.lt/knygotyra/article/view/20783 https://doaj.org/toc/0204-2061 https://doaj.org/toc/2345-0053 doi:10.15388/Knygotyra.2020.74.58 0204-2061 2345-0053 https://doaj.org/article/4db0d842e62742deaf24b34e7e6e08a0 Knygotyra, Vol 75 (2020) publishing small book markets COVID-19 pandemic Bibliography. Library science. Information resources Z article 2020 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.15388/Knygotyra.2020.74.58 2022-12-31T04:35:43Z The paper is based on a survey that was conducted among publishers in Slovakia, Iceland, Lithuania and Slovenia in May and August 2020. The paper looks at how publishers reacted to the COVID-19 crisis in their respective countries, what was its impact on book sales and how did the publishers adapt the production of new books to changed circumstances. In addition, the paper analyses changed attitudes of publishers towards e-books and other digital book formats that become more popular in lockdown times. The research revealed that COVID-19 lockdowns resulted in decreased sales of printed books in all four small book markets. However, sales of e-books and audiobooks slightly increased during that period. This increase in digital sales did not contribute significantly to overall results of book industries due to its small market share in all four countries. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Knygotyra 75 17 37 |
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The paper is based on a survey that was conducted among publishers in Slovakia, Iceland, Lithuania and Slovenia in May and August 2020. The paper looks at how publishers reacted to the COVID-19 crisis in their respective countries, what was its impact on book sales and how did the publishers adapt the production of new books to changed circumstances. In addition, the paper analyses changed attitudes of publishers towards e-books and other digital book formats that become more popular in lockdown times. The research revealed that COVID-19 lockdowns resulted in decreased sales of printed books in all four small book markets. However, sales of e-books and audiobooks slightly increased during that period. This increase in digital sales did not contribute significantly to overall results of book industries due to its small market share in all four countries. |
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