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Quotes of the week

‘I have bemoaned the price of books in Australia ever since I arrived here, but now I understand the implications I'll buy from Australian bookshops when I can'--writes ‘Lizabelle', commen...

Literary agents write to PM on parallel importation

The Australian Literary Agents Association (ALAA) has written a letter to the Prime Minister arguing against any change to Australia's territorial copyright rules.  The letter, written by ALAA pr...

Printers oppose changes to parallel importation

The Printing Industries Association of Australia has joined the Australian Publishers Association (APA) and the Australian Society of Authors (ASA) in opposing the removal of parallel importation rest...

Parallel importation review: terms of reference due in two to four weeks

In the past week the Australian Publishers Association (APA) has met with both Minister for the Arts Peter Garrett and Brett Gale, chief of staff to the assistant treasurer and Minister for Competitio...

Quote of the week

'What is "open" about Australian-published books not being able to be sold in the USA or the UK, but American, British or any other English-language edition from anywhere being able to be fr...

APA, ASA to defend parallel importation rules

Following the shock announcement of a proposed review into Australia's parallel importation legislation, as reported in a WBN special bulletin on Monday, the Australian Publishers Association (APA) an...

Parallel importation to be reviewed: COAG

The Australian Productivity Commission is to undertake a review of the legislation governing the parallel importation of books in Australia, following a meeting of federal and state governments in Syd...

Bloom Partners seek input on ABA paper

The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has commissioned industry consultants Bloom Partners to prepare a ‘green paper' to examine the arguments for and against the parallel importation of ...

ABA commissions report on parallel importation

The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has commissioned a ‘green paper' to study the impact on its membership of the parallel importation of books.  The report, due to be presented to...

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