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Writing is a job, not a mission

Author: Katarzyna Przyborska

Polish writers are taking publishers to court over bestseller profits. In a book market hindered by dwindling readership and distribution cartels, the writer’s position is the most precarious. If the state supports farmers, priests and entrepreneurs, why not writers? Could reading, the cultural salve in Ukraine, be equally beneficial in Poland?