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Pandemic threatens B.C. book industry: publishers
By Chuck Chiang / Business in Vancouver
Homegrown companies say free access to books online is financially unsustainable
The COVID-19 lockdown has prompted schools and libraries to give the public free online access to many books, and Canadian publishers are warning that the model cuts sharply into their revenue and cannot be sustained. The news is especially dire for B.C.’s community of 30 publishers, the largest in Canada outside of Ontario.…
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May 23, 2020
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