France enters literary season amid publishing industry crisis
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France's annual "literary season" marks the return to school with thousands of new books hitting shelves nationwide. French bookseller Isabelle Claret Lemarchand examines this year's publishing trends and compares them with British counterparts amid broader challenges facing the industry.
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Back to school in France also means “rentrée littéraire”, the annual period when thousands of new books hit shelves across the country. For FRANCE 24, French bookseller Isabelle Claret Lemarchand, who runs a bookshop in London, discusses the style and trends of this year’s new releases, compares the French and British trends, and reflects on the challenges facing the publishing industry.