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UK indie booksellers call on goverment to fix prices
The UK's independent booksellers say the government should step in to fix the price of books after the Booksellers Association called on the government to do more to maintain bookshops on the high s...
The German solution: saving books by keeping them expensive
Germany, along with a number of other European countries, has fixed book prices by law, and its book industry is thriving.
Amazon lobbying hard to fight California sales tax
In an unusual move that opponents say is a violation of the state constitution, Amazon is taking directly to Californian voters its argument that it should not be required to collect sales tax. ...
UK government backs major copyright review
The UK government has largely supported the recommendations of the Hargreaves review into copyright and looks set to make considerable changes to copyright legislation to reflect new digital realities...
US exempts children's books from lead testing
Three years after the enactment of the US Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), publishers of ink-on-paper books and other printed materials have finally won their battle for an exemptio...
California passes online tax bill, and Amazon cuts affiliates
After many years of legislative back-and-forth, California Governor Jerry Brown has now signed a bill into law that requires out-of-state retailers with a presence in the state to collect sales tax o...
Amazon's Bezos calls state sales taxes 'unconstitutional'
As Amazon fights a number of sales tax lawsuits and court cases in individual US states, Jeff Bezos has said that Amazon won't collect tax unless it is federally mandated by the US Congress.
UK passes Digital Economy Bill
Despite some grave concerns, authorsa are now generally happier with the UK's Digital Economy Bill after the removal of its controversial Clause 43.
Concerns about new UK Digital Economy Bill
Authors and agents have expressed concerns about aspects of the UK's new Digital Economy Bill. Clause 43 gives the secretary of state powers 'for authorising a licensing body to grant copyright licen...
McCaskill: Newly established Strategy Group could consider 'voluntary reduction' in 90-day rule
Innovation Minister Kim Carr has announced the federal government will establish a new Book Industry Strategy Group. Making the announcement at the opening of the Australian Publishers Ass...
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