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French Booksellers Boycott Paris Book Festival over Amazon | Books+Publishing
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The e-commerce giant, to whom the Bookshop Syndicate lends "predatory and hegemonic views" on the book, says he refuses to lend the flank to "an absurd polemic".
The Syndicat de la Libraire Française had decided not to participate in the Salon due to the partnership with the giant of e-commerce.
Between the giant of e-commerce and the bookstore sector in France, tensions are high, particularly with regard to the interpretation of a law which, since October 2023, imposes a minimum shipping fee of 3 euros for any shipment of new books.
INFO THE FIGARO - The bookshop's union called for boycotting the demonstration while Amazon had been appointed official partner of the show. He announced that he would reconsider his decision following the withdrawal of the American firm.
Furious to see Amazon as guest of honour at the Paris Book Festival, the booksellers prefer to leave the party. Elisabeth Lévy returns to the polemic in her radio chronicle. We propose to listen to him. Everything is going to go away! Amazon is sowing zizania at the Salon du Livre. Literature does not soften morals. As Jonathan Siksou sums up, there were no cows at the Salon de l'Agriculture, and there will be no booksellers at the Salon du Livr…
The Paris Book Fair is held from April 17th to 19th without one of the most important unions. To denounce the partnership between the festival and Amazon, the Syndicat de la Libraire Française has slammed the door and will stand out by its absence. Its president explains this boycott at Estelle Midi this...
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