Gheorghe Yerizanu
This data was quoted in an interview with forbes.md by the founder of Cartier publishing house, journalist and writer Gheorghe Erizanu. At the same time, he admits that in addition, there is a shadow market, which largely affects the statistics of book sales.
“There are no exact statistics. The last study was conducted in the 2000s by the Soros Foundation-Moldova. For the book market in Moldova, a sales figure of six million euros is circulating among the professional participants. There are more than 60 bookstores in Moldova, of which the Librarius chain includes more than 40. The rest are chains with two to five outlets or independent bookstores.
In Cartier’s stores, books in Romanian make up 99% of the bookstores. This is a principle we have been observing since 1998, when we opened our first bookstore,” said Gheorghe Erizanu.
