‘Dismayed’ trade reacts to Donald Trump’s election

The international book trade has reacted with “dismay”, “horror” and “frustration” to the shock news that Republican candidate Donald Trump has beaten Democrat Hillary Clinton to take the White House as US president elect.

Concerns from the UK trade have ranged from fears over an increase in uncertainty in the trading environment, to a rise of anti-intellectualism, to a rush to privatise public services in the country such as libraries. But publishers have also issued a rallying cry to the trade keep on “connecting people across the divide” with books and not to “flinch in the face of temporary setbacks”.

Read their comments on The Bookseller here.