Historiography of Book Distribution in Siberian-Far Eastern Region (Soviet, Post-Soviet Periods)
The problems of book distribution are less developed in comparison with other branches of book business. In most works, book distribution was not the subject of an independent comprehensive study, but was considered in generalizing works as an element of book business, book culture, book business of a particular region in different historical periods, or its individual aspects were the subject of study. Based on chronological and conceptual approaches, the article summarizes historiographical information on the main aspects of the functioning of channels for the sale of printed products in the Siberian-Far Eastern region in the Soviet and post-Soviet periods. The article describes the historiography of the problem within the framework of encyclopedic, scientific and educational publications; characterizes the contribution of individual book scholars to the development of problems; summarizes the aspect studies of book distribution; describes regional historical and book studies. The purpose of the article is to analyze the available historiographical array on the problem, the tasks are to determine the directions of research that have become traditional; to identify the least studied issues for their further study. The relevance and importance of the conducted historiographical analysis are determined, on the one hand, by the insufficient theoretical elaboration of the topic, the lack of fundamental research, in general, the importance of a comprehensive generalization and analysis of disparate and fragmentary general and applied research and materials; on the other hand, the need to identify patterns and features, problems and trends in the development of book distribution, due to its important role in the promotion of the book and reading, in the development of infrastructure for reading the region and the country as a whole. The author comes to the conclusion that despite the large number of publications, they do not form a holistic view on the book distribution in the region as an important part of the book business and an element of the infrastructure for reading