17 new bookstores have been opened in the region. In addition, two entrepreneurs were provided with practical assistance in Kurgantepa district in allocating territory for construction of bookshops.

Various books are sold in bookstores, opened in the cities and districts. 17 people are provided with permanent job.

– An action under the motto "Five new books for one reader” was held in Asaka district on the initiative of the regional department of Internal Affairs, – says the head of Asaka district department of Internal Affairs, Lieutenant Colonel Sodikjon Usmonov. – During the action, the district department of Internal Affairs transferred best works of Uzbek and world literature, as well as fairy tales and manuals to information resource centers of secondary schools and to the new bookstore.