How to Measure What is Published and What is Read? Exploring Today's Complicated Publishing Statistics

Panel examines EU's lacking book stats, their value for stakeholders, and indicators measuring books' societal role.

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What are the main reasons that there are no reliable and synchronised book statistics even in EU? Why would such statistics be useful for publishers, booksellers, reading researchers, and policymakers? What would be indicators that would measure the role of books and book industries in contemporary societies?