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Originally Posted by Solicitous
...There might be a shield for local publishers from international competition....to a point....
A book series I am reading, each book here sells for $23.99AUS. I have been buying them from book depository and shipped to my doorstep for just under $14.00AUS...
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When the book details lobbied the government for parallel importing the publishers and authors mounted a scare campaign and eventually Garrett perssured the government not to relax the import regulations.
When he announced the result the Productivity Commissioner who tried to change the rules stated that the public would not be affected as they could buy from Amazon!