Monday, May 07, 2007

Business Week - Books in the Ukraine

http://www.businessweek.com/print/magazine/content/07_20/b4034065.htm?chan=gl

Business Week reports that Bertelsmann is finding a strong market for the printed word in countries of the former Soviet Union. Where bookstores are scarce, and internet access not universal, they are finding success with inexpensive editions of printed books. It seems that in areas such as the Ukraine they are signing the hottest young writers and acting as their distributor. From comments posted to the story it appears that other regions of the world, one was from Peru, would respond favorably to such offers as well.

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