Bookselling in Bulgaria

       At Radio Bulgaria Rumyana Tsvetkova wonders: Is there a renaissance of bookstores in Sofia ?
       Yes, apparently:

In recent years, new bookstores have virtually mushroomed in the city of Sofia. They have moved on to claim not only street corners and main streets but even crossings. Others have set foot in shopping malls and in residential districts.

       (I have to admit being curious/concerned about those shops sprouting in/on "crossings".)
       But I have to admit I like the sound of this:

Today we've got a bookstore at every two meters, just like pharmacies and bank offices 20 years ago.

       But the same bookseller notes:

The unhealthy thing in all this however is that books by serious writers are published in circulations such as 1000 copies, and then they fail to get sold for years. This I'd call a negative trend.

       (I'm not sure it's a trend -- no comparison-points on offer -- but it definitely doesn't sound good.)