The Coalition for Cheaper Books...

  • Believes customers in Australia pay too much for books
  • Advocates an open market,leading to lower prices quicker availability
  • Supports removal of restrictions on parallel importation of books
  • Argues the current policy can't be justified in an era of e-commerce

Tag Archive | "Allan Fels"

Allan Fels opinion on the recent decision

Thursday, November 12, 2009

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Originally published in The Age. In the 19th century, Australian booksellers could import books from anywhere. As a result they got the best prices and best value for money. Then British colonial publishers pushed through a law that effectively required booksellers to buy from British publishers and no one else. In other words, an import monopoly was [...]

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