Fnac and supermarkets will eventually be forced to close their book shelves.
A decision taken Friday at the Ministry of the Economy which satisfies independent booksellers.
They were offended at having to lower the Iron Curtain.
TESTIMONY
This time, the booksellers were heard.
Fnac and supermarkets, which remain open during confinement, will no longer be able to sell books.
The decision was taken Friday afternoon during a meeting at the Ministry of the Economy, according to information from Europe 1. Many booksellers were offended at having to close their doors while Fnac and the book shelves of the large distribution remained accessible.
Samuel Chauveau, manager of a small bookstore in Le Mans, had even decided to remain open as a sign of resistance.
Satisfied with having been heard, he decided on Friday evening to fall into line.
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"It was deeply unfair"
"It's much more equitable. From the moment we were closed and supermarkets and Fnac remained open, it was deeply unfair", he explained to the microphone of Europe 1. In the days to come he said, he will go and see for himself the closing of the book shelves.
"If they are really closed, there is no reason why we should not do the same and fall into line, on the side of the law."
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Like many of his colleagues, Samuel Chauveau now relies on alternative solutions to the sale of books in stores.
Among them, the drive and the "click and collect", which allows customers to reserve a book online and pick it up at the door of the bookstore.
"We're going to do everything we can to fall into line while saving the furniture."