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 | "Cheaper Book News"

Media Release – Bookshops vow to fight Government decision to keep book prices high

Thursday, November 12, 2009

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The Coalition for Cheaper Books said it would step up its campaign to scrap unfair import restrictions on books after the Federal Government’s decision today not to reform the system which keeps book prices high. Coalition member and Dymocks Chief Executive Officer, Don Grover, said Cabinet’s decision to ignore a recommendation from its main economic adviser the [...]

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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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FAQ – Do Australian Consumers care about the price of books?

Thursday, June 11, 2009

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Yes they do and many have now voiced their concerns to the Productivity Commission. The Coalition for Cheaper Books is convinced that Australian’s care passionately about the unjustifiably high price of books. That is why we sought the views of consumers we knew already had an interest in books through the Dymocks’ Booklovers Club Members. In [...]

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FAQ – But why should Australians give up territorial copyright if the US and the UK don’t?

Thursday, June 11, 2009

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Territorial copyright will still exist. Australian authors will continue to sell their rights to Australian publishers for Australian publication and in most cases those Australian publishers will sell most if not all of the copies of the book in question, sold in Australia.  What will be different with parallel importation is the publishers will not have [...]

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Australians Voice Their Support For Cheaper Books

Thursday, May 7, 2009

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Over 18,000 Australians have signed a Dymock’s Booklover Club Petition supporting the Coalition’s campaign to remove Parallel Importation Restrictions. This was the first time that consumers had voiced their views on the high price of books in Australia and the need to reform the outdated parallel importation restrictions to reduce the price of books for [...]

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