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    <title><![CDATA[Ara in English - Booksellers' Guild of Catalonia]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Booksellers' Guild denounces irregular practices that erode the sector]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/91889802-9df8-4497-a3ca-aeb17e1d2e82_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>One month after the explosive Sant Jordi day, the Booksellers Guild launches a campaign to warn about various irregular practices in the sector that "put the future of bookstores at risk". Specifically, they denounce practices that break the book chain, meaning they bypass bookstores as intermediaries and expert prescribers protected by the Book Law. The guild insists it is not raising its voice "against anyone," but specifically points to public purchases and direct sales to administrations, libraries, schools, and fairs.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Serra]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 19 May 2026 11:38:12 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Fer Ferández, Èric del Arco and Elisa Fernández, from the Booksellers' Guild, in the Paral·lel 62 hall.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[They launch a campaign to warn that illegal discounts, inaccessible public tenders, and direct book sales undermine a fragile system]]></subtitle>
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