The world of publishing looks very much like a wheelchair to continue to push without knowing when its tires will burst. It dramatizes, but the year 2018 was hard. And if the «houellebecqmania» promises to surge in the rays of the January 4 – 320.000 copies of Serotonin have been learned, the number of novels of the winter already registering a decrease of 1.2% compared to 2018, according to data from Livres Hebdo-Electra Data Services.

French literature, 336 the novels are programmed. This is 2.6% less than in 2018. The first novels, on the other hand, already quite numerous at the beginning of September, earn 20%.

With 493 new against 499 in the last year, the overwinter production, however, remains stable. In French literature, 336 the novels are programmed. This is 2.6% less than in 2018. A decrease inversely proportional to the number of novels strangers published (157 versus 153). The first novels, on the other hand, already quite numerous at the beginning of September, earn 20%. They are 77 against to 64 in the month of January last. What makes 2019 year the most fruitful over the past ten years.

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