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The life of books is made up of paradoxes: a work of the mind and a commercial product, an industry and a craft, small independent structures and powerful groups, so much so that some have evoked a “dual nature of the book”. This issue, edited by Françoise Benhamou, explores these transformations, which give cause for concern, but also testify to a formidable vitality. Read also in this issue: The temptation of purification; Better reception for unaccompanied minors; France's Jews put to the test in the 2024 elections; The European conflict of values; Putin in Mongolia; The environmental crisis is not just a novel.