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By: Tory Anarchist » Politics and the NBA

Tory Anarchist » Politics and the NBA — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:27:05 +0000

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By: George Liebmann

George Liebmann — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:11:00 +0000

The demise of the Net Book Agreement has not been good for either British publishing or bookselling, any more than the similar demise of the fair trade laws was good for American publishing and bookselling in the late 50s. What we have had rver since is the blockbuster, bestseller syndrome, in which non-formulaic books have little chance of reaching more than a few hundred readers. Macmillan’s efforts are to be applauded as a measure giving publishers and authors some control of how their works are distributed. This may be mortifying to docrinaire fee-marketeers, but the Brtish Restrictive Practices Court had it right when it upheld the Net Book agreement in 1962 and wrong when it modishly reversed itself 35 years later. The French and Germans still uphold resale price maintenance, and their publishing and bookselling industries are in a better state than ours are.

By: Luminog

Luminog — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:59:12 +0000

In a ten dollar book, Print Paper Binding is less than 10%, yes, but 30% though goes, can go, in warehousing and distribution. Online distribution wipes that out and down to around let’s say 0.5% in one fell swoop. That’s the big saving of e-books.

By: Don

Don — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:13:30 +0000

I think the publishers have set themselves up for the same problem the music industry had — smaller total income — if they try to sustain an outmoded business model.

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