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 | "Parallel Import FAQs"

More Media Reports

Thursday, June 11, 2009

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The subject of cheaper books has been on the tip of people’s tongues this week with further media reportage. Author of Parentonomics and economics professor at Melbourne Business School, Joshua Gans weighs up the pros and cons in this recent article in The Age. The ACT’s Education Minister, Andrew Barr urges for a fair go on books [...]

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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 – What is to stop booksellers importing thousands of remaindered books from overseas and flooding the market?

Thursday, June 11, 2009

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There are a number of reasons why that won’t occur. Firstly and most importantly Australian consumers wont demand such remaindered books. If consumers don’t want them booksellers won’t order them. Australians will continue to prefer Australian printed and published books which will also be more competitively priced. Cheaper good product will easily compete with remaindered products.

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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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The Facts About Book Prices In Australia

Thursday, May 7, 2009

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Australian book prices are more expensive than overseas English language markets. Because of the parallel importation restrictions Australian publishers can charge higher wholesale prices as they are not subject to competition. Australian consumers know books are more expensive here. Australian booksellers know that wholesale prices are more expensive here. Even after removing GST (which is not charged on books [...]

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