Overview
- Ediciones Era announced it will reduce routine operations to a minimum, a decision publicized on Thursday that follows internal messages about suspending some activities.
- The publisher said long-term changes in how books are sold, bought and read in Mexico accelerated by the pandemic made its traditional business model unsustainable.
- Company officials clarified the imprint will not disappear and that several sales of its back catalogue will be staged in bookstores, partner spaces and fairs in the coming months.
- President Claudia Sheinbaum instructed Culture Secretary Claudia Curiel de Icaza to contact Ediciones Era and analyze what form of government support might be possible.
- Founded in 1960, the six-decade-old house has been a pillar for Spanish-language literature and its downsizing could affect authors, booksellers and readers while observers watch for any public preservation measures.