Vanishing Bookstores a Painful Blow for Publishing Industry; Over One-Third of Publishing Companies Operating at Loss

By Takafumi Masaki and Chihiro Kosugi / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers
16:28 JST,
February 7, 2025
Mounting concerns over the impact of the declining number of brick-and-mortar bookstores on the publishing industry as a whole, including publishers and distributors, inspired a joint proposal by The Yomiuri Shimbun and publishing company Kodansha Ltd. to breathe new life into them.
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