Saving books…
Posted By Kate on August 11, 2009
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… by Australian authors published in Australia, a situation under threat of Parallel Importation. This act is prohibited by the UK and USA; why would Australia want to change?
To paraphrase the circular: While it’s possible that lifting territorial copyright restrictions will bring down book prices, it’s more likely to result in less Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror being published – by the big houses anyway. If you go to the website http://savingaussie books.wordpress. com/ you can read up on parallel imports. You can also get the petition signed and sent off so it can be presented to parliament in September.
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Why am I not surprised the big business monsters would conjure up such proposition, It’s like trying to pass off a devil’s referendum as the saving grace for the economic downturn. In the end, it would seem the only reliable avenue for authors would be their own (and free blogging sites like wordpress).
Something to think about: I rarely bother to even look at Australian-based publications/publishers because the opportunities for my sort of fiction are so narrow here if they exist at all, so I gravitate to the US market.
Still, very disturbing.