UK publishers' insistence on acquiring British and Commonwealth rights is 'rent-seeking and coupon-clipping on a grand scale' according to Scribe Publications' owner Henry Rosenbloom, who has written a passionate criticism of the practice on his blog and in an article published in The Age newspaper.
'It remains the case that most UK publishers regard themselves as entitled to Australia as a territory and refuse to cede the ground,' states Rosenbloom. 'I'm convinced that they don't understand the bitterness and deep resentment, bordering on fury, that this stance is arousing in Australian publishing.'
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