Books sale decreased in Armenia

PanARMENIAN.Net - According to data provided by Yerevan bookstores, sales volume of books decreased by 20-30% in 2009 as compared to last year's results. Both internet libraries and financial crisis consequences could be responsible for that. There's still a vast demand for schoolbooks. Book price increase is expected in future, as the books are mainly imported from Russia, where the price raise has already been registered because of edition decrease.



"This year, Leipzig Book Fair hosted 2135 participants from 38 countries around the world.

Even major organizations suffered the consequences of financial crisis, but book industry appeared unaffected by the global economic crisis," Khaike Fisher, Leipzig Book Fair Information Department Manager told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.



"Unfortunately we had no participants from Armenia," Mr. Fisher noted, expressing a hope that the situation will improve next year.



"Leipzig Book Fair fulfilled two primary tasks, by giving a new impulse for the development of book industry and proving that books are needed in our society today more than ever," Leipzig Book Fair General Manager Wolfgang Martsin stated.