Editorial: Post-Pandemic-Era: Another Crossroad for the Book Industry?

Abstract

The paper book product has remained fundamentally the same since Gutenberg invented the printing press. From the end of the 19th century, the book market developed linearly for more than 150 years as literacy increased, printing technology became more and more efficient, and distribution and transport models diversified. Then suddenly, the product changed its shape. I believe I am not wrong when I consider that it is the only product of the world economy with several material forms of presentation: physical (on paper) and virtual: e-books and audiobooks.