By La Librairie Gourmande, rue Montmartre, in Paris. In 2022, 142 structures dedicated to books have been created in France. François BOUCHON/Le Figaro
DECRYPTION – Creations exceed all records, driven by a dynamic book market.
This is the nice surprise of this beginning of the spring season. Throughout France, bookstores continue to flourish, with 142 new structures opening in 2022. A “level that exceeds all records” in the country, according to the National Book Center (CNL). In an attention and hyperconnected economy where our time is monopolized by screens, reading is more resilient than ever. “Post-Covid dreams are coming true”, slips Guillaume Husson, general delegate of the Syndicate of the French bookstore (SFL). “Those active, increasingly young, who decide to retrain and turn their passion for books into a career by opening their bookstore.” Data over the last few months confirm the rejuvenation of the profession, since one new bookstore in five has been opened by French people under 35…
These new businesses are increasingly choosing to set up on the outskirts of large cities, where the purchase of books is…
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