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Plan B for Schedule A: Just How Big is the EU English-Language Market?

July 1, 2006

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In the wake of the now infamous BEA US/UK Turf Wars panel, a flurry of debate about control of English-language rights in the European Union has risen on both sides of the Atlantic: British publishing is crumbling and must be defended. The Brits are inciting a land grab. US editions are free-riding off of UK…Continue Reading

Posted in Featured Articles • Tagged AAA, AAR, Al Greco, Alexandra, BEA, Bertelsmann's Direct Group, Bertrand Livreiros, Bestsellers Bookshop, Borders International, Brian De Fiore, Chitra Bopardikar, Clare Alexander, Cyrus Kheradi, European Commission, Faber, Gail Hochman, Geoff Cowen, Harkin Chatlani, Holt, India Books Distribution, Jan Andersen, Karl Heinz Petzler, Libri, Lira es Lant, Lisma Ltd., NAFTA, Paul Auster, Petersen, PGW, Politikens Bookshop, Rene Prins, Rick Vanzura, S&S, Soft Skull Press, Stephen Page, Tesco, The Brooklyn Follies, Tony Lang, UK DTI Statistics Directorate, US Dept. of Commerce, Van Ditmar Distribution, Windsorbooks

The Big Fix: European Book Markets Experiment with Pricing Policies

October 1, 2004

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“Due to fixed book prices, we Germans have 25 spaghetti cookbooks, and you poor Americans only have three,” jokes Christian Sprang, lawyer for Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels (the Association of German Publishers and Booksellers). Even though US publishers might quibble, there’s no doubt that book pricing methods are controversial around the world, and will probably…Continue Reading

Posted in Featured Articles • Tagged Anne-Solange Noble, B.V. Van Ditmar, Barney Allan, Bengt Nordin, Bertelsmann, BildZeitung, Borsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels, Christian Sprang, Ecco, Finnish Book Publishers Association, Foreign Media Group, Hugendubel, Isabel Allende, James Joyce, Kundera, Marja Appelman, Marks & Spencer, Michael Meller, Regina Greda, Rene Prins, Sainsbury's, Simenon, Tesco, Veikko Sonninen, Weltbild

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