The sector has jumped back in time to 2001. Following a bout of enthusiasm that was cut short by the onset of the crisis in 2008, and the subsequent lack of support for the industry, its leaders are now claiming that "what's at stake is the survival of cultural creation itself." El País reports.

“So warns Javier Cortés, president of the Federation of Publishing Associations of Spain (FGEE), in his presentation of the industry's 2012 report. "What's at risk is the intrinsic value of [economic and cultural] creation, and of all those agents who work to put the products at the service of the people." Read the story here.