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December 2, 2008
Public Libraries and the Net Book Agreement
It is now more than ten years since the Net Book Agreement was ended in the UK. For years an argument had raged, which even now goes on in other European countries, that to allow free pricing of books would destroy independent book shops and have a serious effect on the quality of publishing.
In the event I now believe that the destruction of the British Public Library service has had a far greater effect on what is being published than ending the net book agreement.
Posted by Perkins at December 2, 2008 8:42 PM