http://www.publishingtrends.com/2009/09/recovering-in-russia/ News and opinion on the changing world of book publishing Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:36:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://www.publishingtrends.com/2009/09/recovering-in-russia/comment-page-1/#comment-198 Global Trade Talk: Russia Over-Publishes, 1M Cool-er Sales, Brazil Book Fair Begins | Publishing Perspectives Mon, 14 Sep 2009 07:10:08 +0000 http://www.publishingtrends.com/?p=530#comment-198 [...] Publishing Trends reports that the Russian publishers are struggling, not only because of the economy, but also from the effects of over-publishing. Coping with bookstore returns and warehousing the unsold inventory, distributors are having trouble paying publishers, which financially impacts agents and authors as well. The growth of foreign investments in Russia’s publishing sector could mean a great deal of change as the economy recovers. [...] [...] Publishing Trends reports that the Russian publishers are struggling, not only because of the economy, but also from the effects of over-publishing. Coping with bookstore returns and warehousing the unsold inventory, distributors are having trouble paying publishers, which financially impacts agents and authors as well. The growth of foreign investments in Russia’s publishing sector could mean a great deal of change as the economy recovers. [...]

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