For bricks & mortar booksellers that emerge from the pandemic in one piece perhaps the biggest battle is still to come. Because lockdown has shown publishers they can not just survive with fewer high street outlets, but that they can thrive with fewer high street outlets. Hard to imagine now, more than six months after … Continue reading Bloomsbury profits soar 60% thanks to “significantly higher” online and ebook sales. Just how indispensable are bookstores to publishers?