Publishers concerned about Amazon’s territoriality practices
Publishers who attended this year’s London Book Fair have raised concerns about how Amazon enforces territorial restrictions for books listed on its websites, reports both the Bookseller and Publishing Perspectives. According...
ASA: ‘zero days’ effectively a removal of territorial copyright
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has backed the Australian Publishers Association in rejecting a proposed compromise position on parallel importation. ‘We certainly support the position the publishers have taken,'...
ABA welcomes zero-day proposal; publishers still unhappy
A change to Australia's parallel importation rules reportedly proposed by Competition Minister Craig Emerson would reduce locally published international titles with print runs under 10,000 copies by between a third...
APA responds to ‘increasingly desperate’ Prod Comm
As reported in a WBN special bulletin last week the Productivity Commission has issued a supplement to its report on Australia's parallel importation restrictions (PIRs). The supplement is to rebut a...
Quote of the week
‘Book-dumping--i.e. of remainders--is only a marginal risk. Kinokuniya's buyers have agreed not to knowingly purchase Australian author's books as remainders from overseas remainder merchants. Kinokuniya does this out of respect...
Opinion: Steve Jones on parallel importation and territorial copyright
Steve Jones of Kinokuniya writes: ‘An open book market in Australia does not mean the destruction of ANZ as a territory--it means the Australian Government doesn't regulate the industry. Publishers...
Productivity Commission parallel importation report to government: deadline extended to 30 June, media coverage continues
As reported in a WBN special bulletin last week, the Assistant Treasurer Chris Bowen has announced an extended deadline of 30 June for the Productivity Commission's report to government on parallel...
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...