From aristocratic bookstores to "books by weight": a history of the Argentine publishing industry, according to Guido Herzovich

Guido Herzovich has detailed the historical evolution of the Argentine publishing industry, highlighting unique commercial practices from the 1930s in Buenos Aires. Specifically, a bookstore named Tor on Florida Street—reportedly named to save on ink—employed large scales on its counters to sell books by weight.

This historical snapshot illustrates the diverse and unconventional methods that characterized the early development of the publishing sector in Argentina, transitioning from elite bookstores to mass-market and alternative distribution models.