El libro en Colombia: Entre la sostenida concentración y la lenta marcha hacia la independencia (2000-2019)

Abstract

In this article, I will reconstruct the state of the editorial network in Colombia from 2000 to 2019, with an emphasis on the last seven years of this period. I will explain how the current Colombian edition is structured in three poles: the large groups of foreign capital whose main production criterion is profitability, the university edition that has gained weight in terms of volume but less in terms of distribution, visibility and sales, and finally the independent one, which has grown in number of publishers and sales, and is the one that contributes the most to the country's bibliodiversity. The text is divided into three sections: production, commercialization and circulation and access. I will finish with a section in which I compile the most important proposals to strengthen the book sector in Colombia in the coming years.