Opportunities and Difficulties Presented to the Media and Society by the Pandemic
A New Map Presented by Publication during the COVID-19 Pandemic
2021 Volume 98 Pages 33-40
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2021 Volume 98 Pages 33-40
This report provides an overview of trends in Japanese publishing during
the COVID-19 pandemic. It examines means of publication with respect to distribution
channels in a broad sense, including in-store and online sales, libraries,
transmission of digital materials. Publication, in a proper sense, consists of
numerous elements to achieve various goals. In Japan, publication has consistently
taken place under a unified structure of distribution, which gave rise to
an unnatural and distorted environment deprived of external perspectives. This
problem surfaced when people attempted to access books during the pandemic,
which could spark off efforts among publishers to reorganize themselves and
draw an entirely new map for their future.
