直木賞作家が語る書店業界の大問題【豊島晋作のテレ東経済ニュースアカデミー】（2024年5月22日）

Local bookstores are closing at an unrelenting pace. It's estimated that 50 stores are disappearing each month, and roughly 30% of municipalities across Japan already have no bookstores. While the rise of online bookstores like Amazon and the widespread availability of digital content via smartphones are to blame, Naoki Prize-winning author Shogo Imamura frankly speaks out about the problems with the bookstore industry's structure. Imamura is one of today's most talked-about authors, with his best-selling novel "Ikusagami" set to be streamed worldwide on Netflix. Feeling a growing sense of crisis about the bookstore industry, Imamura opened a new type of "shared bookstore" this spring in Tokyo's book town of Jimbocho. What exactly is a "shared bookstore"? Can it really make money? What are the hidden problems of the bookstore industry? How does the industry's unique "resale system" work, and what are distributors? Imamura and TV Tokyo's Shinsaku Toyoshima will engage in an in-depth discussion about the ins and outs of the book industry. #ShogoImamura #Ikusagami #ResaleSystem #Distributor #Publisher #NaokiPrize #ShinsakuToyoshima ★Watch "Shinsaku Toyoshima's TV Tokyo Economic News Academy" all at once on "TV Tokyo BIZ" (free trial) ⇒ https://txbiz.tv-tokyo.co.jp/academy?...