22 June 2020
Like every other business, the publishing industry suffered a major blow during lockdown.
Even as the demand for reading books in print, digital and audio, from War and Peace to Sally Rooney, surged, so bookshops had to shut.
Supplies were halted and publication dates have been shifted, while festivals, launches and book fairs have been largely either cancelled or moved online.
As we come out of lockdown and physical bookstores have just reopened in time for Independent Bookshop Week, how are the players, big and small, planning the next phase?
