“We are asking the state to help protect us from the relentless pressures of the market, to which we have long been exposed as the most vulnerable link in the publishing industry,” the author organization said, in a statement.
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Polish Competition Watchdog Criticizes Culture Ministry’s Fixed Book Price Bill
The proposed fixed price bill raises “serious concerns from the perspective of competition and consumer protection law,” Poland’s competition watchdog, the UOKiK, said in its opinion.
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National Library Report Finds Book Readership to Be ‘Stable’ in Poland
The report, which comes as Polish lawmakers consider enacting a fixed price system to buttress the book market, finds that book readership levels were the same as in last year’s survey.
Book World Prague to Showcase Central, Eastern European Book Market Trends
The upcoming fair will showcase the Romanian book market, national book market support schemes from the Czech Republic, Ukraine, Bulgaria and Slovenia, and the rapid growth of comic and graphic novel sales across the region.
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