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They have had "Lang Law" in France since 1981 apparently. This prevents individual booksellers from undercutting publisher prices and essentially establishes a
by plerophoria 13y ago
They have had "Lang Law" in France since 1981 apparently. This prevents individual booksellers from undercutting publisher prices and essentially establishes a price fix on books. It protects booksellers from big bookstores, which is basically the same issue that this article is talking about.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lang_Law http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lang_Law
- LanceH 13y agoAnd it protects customers from getting too many books.
- teamonkey 13y agoIt's in the publishers' best interest to set a suitable RRP value. Too high and their sales would be eaten up by used copies (which aren't subject to this same law).
- FeloniousHam 13y agoHow would this play out in the current ebook marketplace? There are no used ebooks to put the squeeze on printed "new" ebook price.
- teamonkey 13y agoebook prices are moderated by the same price-demand rules as everything else. Availability of a cheaper hardcopy of the book vs. utility and desirability as an ebook; availability of a pirated version vs. the desire to own a legal copy; etc.