After a year of pandemic, the big publishing groups are trying to monopolize the reading market with their new releases. Are independent labels in danger? Two editors, Javier Jiménez and Diego Moreno, speak on the threat brought on by the pandemic.

Javier Jiménez, Editor of Fórcola: “The small publisher's post-pandemic limbo: There are many uncertainties, and we live more than ever in a scenario of maximum risk. The publisher who knows how to manage that risk will survive, avoiding going into debt as much as possible.” Diego Moreno, Editor of Nórdica: “Libraries, allies of bibliodiversity. The economic superiority of large corporations is a definite threat to the independent publishers and could deal a definitive blow to this rich diversity.

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