Azeris are no more interested in books. Aliaga Jafarov, “Akademkniga” store manager told 1news.az that the purchase interest of readers reduced compared to last years. Overall, the bookselling decreased for 30-35%.

“I have no clue what are the reasons for this, hopefully this situation is urgent only for our store. My colleagues have recently complained about the same problem and tried to find the way out,” Jafarov said.

About 70% of all books published in Azerbaijan are sold in “Akademkniga” store, excluding literature from Dubai, Russia and Iran.

“I work in this field for 30 years and cannot explain the decline of reading interest particularly, and in books on the whole, especially among young people,” the manager concluded.