Bricks & mortar bookstores face an uphill struggle this year to demonstrate to publishers that they are still as indispensable as they once were. Lagardère may have seen revenue fall 38% year on year, thanks largely to the continued publisher-resistance to digital in its French homeland, but elsewhere Lagardère’s operations that had taken digital opportunities … Continue reading With bookstores closed much of 2020, more publishers inconsiderately report record sales and a “best ever year”