‘Bookstores Struggle To Survive’: Poland’s Magdalena Dębowska

Representing translation rights for contemporary Polish literature and co-owning a publishing house, Magdalena Dębowska worries that readership in Poland 'is at an historic low.' The post ‘Bookstores Struggle To Survive’: Poland’s Magdalena Dębowska appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

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