Bookselling infrastructure in Siberia and the Far East in 2019–2021 (based on the materials of the project «Cultural map of Russia. Literature. Reading»)

The article is based on the materials of the next stages of the project «Cultural map of Russia. Literature. Reading» the state of the bookselling infrastructure of the Siberian-Far Eastern region in 2019– 2021 and has been analyzed. The aggregate infrastructure of book distribution, the availability of bookstores are characterized. The leaders and outsiders among the subjects of the Federation of Siberia and the Far East have been identified. The main characteristics and features of the current state of the book trade in the region are summarized, the peculiarities of the adaptation of the elements of the bookselling infrastructure to the consequences of the pandemic are revealed. The ways of optimizing the development of book distribution in the Siberian and Far Eastern Federal Districts are determined.