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Minister of Culture Begins Talks with Representatives of Bookstores in the Capital<\/SPAN><\/STRONG> T<\/SPAN>he Minister of Culture, Jos\u00e9 Antonio Rodr\u00edguez, began talks with representatives of bookstores in Santo Domingo to find ways to avoid the closing of their businesses. At the meeting, held last Friday at the Ministry of Culture headquarters, the booksellers expressed their concerns related to the book market, the application of tariffs to businesses, and the impact of online publication deals on book sales.<\/P> Once the report on the issues affecting the sector is submitted, the Minister of Culture will meet again with the bookstore owners to continue working on finding solutions to the problems that are presented. <\/P> During said meeting, the Minister of Culture expressed concern over the closing of some bookstores and invited attendees to a deep reflection that goes beyond the cessation of operations by the businesses. <\/P> Rodr\u00edguez said that in a world marked by the constant advancement of technology, it becomes necessary for traditional bookstores to pay special attention to the digital format in order to sell books. <\/P> \u201cThe same happened to record stores, most have disappeared because consumers buy their records online. I think it is time to rethink how to sell books,\u201d Rodr\u00edguez said. <\/P> He added that the Ministry of Culture would commit to a project that prioritizes the online sale of the works of Dominican writers. <\/P> The meeting was attended by Hans Huehn, of Cuesta Bookstore; Virtudes Uribe, of La Trinitaria Bookstore; Luisa Povedano, of Mateca; Luis Luna, of Luna Bookstore; Denis Pe\u00f1a, of the Dominican Chamber of the Book; and, Gilberto Capell\u00e1n, of Unibro, among others. <\/P> Also participated in the meeting: Valent\u00edn Amaro, Director General of the Book and Reading; Fidias Aristy, Legal Consultant; and, Jos\u00e9 Tejada G\u00f3mez, Director of Communications of the Ministry of Culture. <\/P> Minister of Culture Begins Talks with Representatives of Bookstores in the CapitalSanto Domingo, December 3rd, 2013 The Minister of Culture, Jos\u00e9 Antonio Rodr\u00edguez, began talks with representatives of bookstores in Santo Domingo to find ways to avoid the closing of their businesses. In this regard, Minister Rodr\u00edguez requested a written report detailing the worries and … Continue reading “Minister of Culture Begins Talks with Representatives of Bookstores in the Capital”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-noticias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6753"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6753\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Santo Domingo, December 3rd, 2013 <\/P>
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In this regard, Minister Rodr\u00edguez requested a written report detailing the worries and concerns of bookstore owners, in order to be considered by the Ministry he presides to find appropriate solutions which could even involve other State agencies, if necessary. <\/P>
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