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Originally Posted by plib
I think it has more to do with this, also from the article:
And as for these guys!..........................Depriving the authors and publishers (and artists, and booksellers, and taxman, and...,and...,and...) of their income. They should be ashamed of themselves.
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Returning to the original thread, I have a sneaking - perhaps more - admiration for the manner in which the French fight to maintain their indigenous culture in so many ways.
I find it hard to raise much of a cogent argument against this attitude - yes, OK , the book market is tightly regulated, but there seems no great protest about it within the country.
The French are rightly proud of their language and identity.
And those "Free Book Fairs" - gosh, I wish we had that attitude, frankly.
More power to them for it.