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Originally Posted by smerrall
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!
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How right they are!
Garrett really has no idea. Protectionism is one of the reasons GR and high prices rule the non existent ebook market in Australia. before I went over to reading ebooks I purchased all my paperbacks online or via international mail order before the internet became mainstream.
I have noticed though, locally, the book stores such as Dymocks and A&R are becoming increasingly devoid of good titles, though that may be purely my perspective.