Portuguese still have low reading rates
Miguel Pauseiro, president of the Association of Publishers and Booksellers, reflects on the increase in book sales. He highlights the good news but warns: “cyclical growth is not structural growth”.

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Miguel Pauseiro, president of the Association of Publishers and Booksellers, reflects on the increase in book sales. He highlights the good news but warns: “cyclical growth is not structural growth”.

What, after all, is the future of the book? Why does it seem we no longer like books? And, in a society that calls itself cultured, to whom will we entrust our libraries? Opinion by Maria Elvira Callapez

This week we discuss books that, at different times and for different reasons, were much talked-about and which signalled a certain virtue. Where did the success come from? And did we actually read them?
