Has the number of bookshops in Australia really halved? Probably not, but we should still be worried
Wednesday, 10 June 2026 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing
It’s a dramatic and depressing statistic: that in the decade to 2023, the number of bookshops in Australia roughly halved; but it’s also based on unverified data and unlikely to mean what most readers think. A piece in the Conversation last week mentioned the statistic (also cited by the ABC...
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