France enters literary season amid publishing industry crisis

France's annual literary season, the rentrée littéraire, is underway—thousands of new books hitting shelves across the country. France 24 reports the cultural milestone arrives amid challenges facing the publishing industry. The outlet speaks with French bookseller Isabelle Claret Lemarchand, who runs a bookshop in London, about literary trends this season and the pressures reshaping the book world.

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