Publishers have suspended or reduced book shipments to Wildberries…
Publishers have suspended or reduced book shipments to Wildberries due to drone attacks, according to Kommersant. At least seven publishing houses (including both large and independent ones) have taken this step.
Consensus
- Russian publishers have suspended book sales on Wildberries.
- The suspension is due to Ukrainian drone attacks on Wildberries warehouses.
- At least seven publishers are affected, including both large and independent ones.
- Publishers are shifting to direct sales via their own websites or specialized bookstores.
- Wildberries reports no significant publisher departures and observes a trend of sellers using their own warehouses.
- Eksmo is still assessing damage from attacks and transitioning to shipments from its own warehouses.
- The attacks began in mid-July and have caused significant losses, estimated at over 100 billion rubles by some sources.
- Market participants expect a 5–13% reduction in online book sales by year-end.
- Some publishers may increase prices due to rising costs.
Points of divergence
- Wildberries claims it does not register the departure of publishers from its platform. — novaya_eu
- Bumkniga clarified it did not specifically emphasize the suspension of shipments to Wildberries and noted that most independent publishers previously worked with specialized bookstores. — tg_paperpaper_ru
- Wildberries stated that sellers are increasingly selling goods, including books, from their own warehouses. — tg_bbcrussian
- Some publishers are temporarily suspending work with marketplaces due to revised storage and promotion terms, not solely due to attacks. — meduza
Coverage (7 sources)
- Publishers suspended book sales through Wildberries amid attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine — Новая газета Европа
- Publishers stop supplying books to marketplaces due to drone attacks As «Kommersant» writes, after numerous... — Дождь (Telegram)
- Publishers have suspended book deliveries to Wildberries due to drone attacks — «Kommersant» — Бумага
- «Kommersant»: publishers suspended book deliveries to Wildberries due to drone attacks — BBC News Русская служба
- Publishers halt book deliveries on Wildberries amid attacks by Ukrainian drones — Meduza
- Publishers halt book deliveries to marketplaces due to drone attacks — Дождь (Telegram)
- Publishers halt book deliveries to marketplaces due to drone attacks — Дождь