FIRST YEARS OF POLISH BOOK TRADE INDUSTRY TRANSFORMATION. RECONSTRUCTION OF 1989-1995 MILESTONES (PART TWO). (Poczatki transformacji polskiego rynku ksiazki. Rekonstrukcja najwazniejszych wydarzen z lat 1989-1995 (czesc druga))

The author discusses milestones in Polish book trade industry after 1989 (years 1989 to 1995), recalling background facts and figures from the communist Poland (in particular second half of 1980s) and addressing current situation. The breakdown of Polish book market in 1992 is analyzed with focus - among else - on the collapse of Skladnica Ksiegarska (book wholesale company) and its impact on other book-selling companies as well as legal and ethical abuse accompanying the whole situation. The paper ends with the description of the conflict that arose during the organization of International Book Fair in Warsaw in 1993 and apprehension around the introduction of Polish daughter company of Bertelsmann concern to Polish book market.