Books prohibited for sale
Following the government's decision to close bookstores during the lockdown, supermarkets also closed their book shelves on Friday 30 October in order not to create unfair competition. A laudable decision for independents, but one that customers do not understand. Why not, on the contrary, allow bookshops to rouvrir?? The only way to buy a book is click & collect (place an order with your local bookseller, by phone or online, and come and collect the book without entering the shop). The biggest fear today for all booksellers is to be devoured by the giants of the net who can continue to sell online without any constraint.
Books magazine is releasing its latest issue
Books magazine released its latest issue on Thursday 29 October. The monthly literary news magazine created in 2008 is, according to its founder Olivier Postel-Vinay, "?pas managed to find the business model that would have allowed him to survive.?» As no buyer has come forward, the company will be put into liquidation.
15% of French people willing to pay for reliable information
This is one of the results of an Ipsos survey conducted among 19?000 people in 29 countries: 15% of French people surveyed are willing to pay for reliable information. The study also reveals that France is one of the countries where the written press is read the least on a daily basis: 28% of French people admit to never opening a daily newspaper.
The rapid drying of ink in ancient Egypt
A recent study by researchers at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in France reveals that the Egyptians used complex chemical processes to speed up the drying of ink on papyrus. The scientists found lead in particular.
