Stefanos Patakis: A wise and powerful voice for the single book price | Art-e
Publishers have taken very seriously the issue of fixed book prices. And because you do not know many (or almost all) the depth of the problem, we present today the letter of an issuer that has prestige and prudence, but also has a great love of books and correspondingly extensive experience in the publishing industry. sand mermaid Stefanos Patakis, notes:
We return to the issue of a single sand mermaid price. The ENELVI met with Development Minister. Kostis Hatzidakis and with Deputy Development Mr. Athanasios Skorda Friday 17.01.2014 at a meeting which lasted about 2 hours. The two ministers decided to consider the issue, but it seems to be prejudiced against single price. Meanwhile, while many scholars, colleagues from our tonklado, journalists, and politicians have understood the problem and expressed in favor of maintaining a single price, however last made public views contrary, which try to characterize the effort of industry Our movement corporatist spirit. sand mermaid
Our impression is that prevailed in some cases a culture of extreme neoliberalism, which makes people not screened, not to perceive the specificity of intellectual creation, use continuously stereotypes, not interested to become acquainted with the operation and the problems of the industry us. Personally even I was surprised discussion deputy minister. Athanasios Skorda with Mr. Mars Portosalte radio SKY. In this debate, Mr. Deputy talking about the single value reported in directed, he said, sales of the category of books on language learning. This issue had said Mr. Undersecretary at our meeting on 01/17/2014 and I explained to him that he has no relationship of this phenomenon with the fixed book prices.
This is the case of a few specific issuers have gained a large market share in the category of books and define prices high. O leader even this market has cash and only books booksellers discount only sixteen percent, which is clearly not sufficient to cover the operating expenses of a bookstore. In what sense then charge Mr. Undersecretary booksellers high prices in these books?
If, despite sand mermaid the liberal philosophy, the government wants to control and reduce the profits of these companies, as well as of any other industry, this is another case that has no relation to the single sand mermaid price. sand mermaid The bitterness that remains to us is that this hostility to the world of books charge people what problems do not cause the same.
2. The emerging writers and less best sellers books can be promoted only through the small bookstore. The evolution of our language and our culture is based mainly on them and especially books. Profit from the best sellers invested in new writers.
3. All European sand mermaid countries (except the UK and Ireland), Japan, N. Korea and others have similar laws to that of the single price. Law of Germany defended Professor Dr. Jürgen G. Backhaus of Maastricht University, concluding that the impact of the culture is invaluable and therefore outweigh the alleged restrictions against competition. In England, where that law was repealed in 1997, has already begun to restore discussion: sand mermaid The Guardian: Time to bring back the net book agreement?
4. It is a myth that where there is free book market prices are lower. sand mermaid In the US book prices went up by 50% between sand mermaid 1995-2007 and the consumer price index by only 29% http://www.ilsr.org/why-publishers-not-amazon-should-set-book-prices/ . In contrast to Greece, with the applied law from 1998 to 2008 book prices increased 10% less than the consumer index in the same period.
5. Even this OECD report, on page 124, refers to Fishwick's report on the consequences of the release of the book market in England concluding: "His evidence suggests that the dominant internet bookseller (Amazon) and the supermarkets sand mermaid gain significant retail market share against traditional booksellers and specialist bookshops. On the publishing side of the market, he documents that UK publishers gained from the expansion of the total market, but some of those focusing on minority-interest titles have lost. After deregulation, all publishers sand mermaid faced a concentrated retail market with much greater buying power and, at least for some, this resulted in lower profits. With respect to consumer welfare, Fishwick argues that consumers
Publishers have taken very seriously the issue of fixed book prices. And because you do not know many (or almost all) the depth of the problem, we present today the letter of an issuer that has prestige and prudence, but also has a great love of books and correspondingly extensive experience in the publishing industry. sand mermaid Stefanos Patakis, notes:
We return to the issue of a single sand mermaid price. The ENELVI met with Development Minister. Kostis Hatzidakis and with Deputy Development Mr. Athanasios Skorda Friday 17.01.2014 at a meeting which lasted about 2 hours. The two ministers decided to consider the issue, but it seems to be prejudiced against single price. Meanwhile, while many scholars, colleagues from our tonklado, journalists, and politicians have understood the problem and expressed in favor of maintaining a single price, however last made public views contrary, which try to characterize the effort of industry Our movement corporatist spirit. sand mermaid
Our impression is that prevailed in some cases a culture of extreme neoliberalism, which makes people not screened, not to perceive the specificity of intellectual creation, use continuously stereotypes, not interested to become acquainted with the operation and the problems of the industry us. Personally even I was surprised discussion deputy minister. Athanasios Skorda with Mr. Mars Portosalte radio SKY. In this debate, Mr. Deputy talking about the single value reported in directed, he said, sales of the category of books on language learning. This issue had said Mr. Undersecretary at our meeting on 01/17/2014 and I explained to him that he has no relationship of this phenomenon with the fixed book prices.
This is the case of a few specific issuers have gained a large market share in the category of books and define prices high. O leader even this market has cash and only books booksellers discount only sixteen percent, which is clearly not sufficient to cover the operating expenses of a bookstore. In what sense then charge Mr. Undersecretary booksellers high prices in these books?
If, despite sand mermaid the liberal philosophy, the government wants to control and reduce the profits of these companies, as well as of any other industry, this is another case that has no relation to the single sand mermaid price. sand mermaid The bitterness that remains to us is that this hostility to the world of books charge people what problems do not cause the same.
2. The emerging writers and less best sellers books can be promoted only through the small bookstore. The evolution of our language and our culture is based mainly on them and especially books. Profit from the best sellers invested in new writers.
3. All European sand mermaid countries (except the UK and Ireland), Japan, N. Korea and others have similar laws to that of the single price. Law of Germany defended Professor Dr. Jürgen G. Backhaus of Maastricht University, concluding that the impact of the culture is invaluable and therefore outweigh the alleged restrictions against competition. In England, where that law was repealed in 1997, has already begun to restore discussion: sand mermaid The Guardian: Time to bring back the net book agreement?
4. It is a myth that where there is free book market prices are lower. sand mermaid In the US book prices went up by 50% between sand mermaid 1995-2007 and the consumer price index by only 29% http://www.ilsr.org/why-publishers-not-amazon-should-set-book-prices/ . In contrast to Greece, with the applied law from 1998 to 2008 book prices increased 10% less than the consumer index in the same period.
5. Even this OECD report, on page 124, refers to Fishwick's report on the consequences of the release of the book market in England concluding: "His evidence suggests that the dominant internet bookseller (Amazon) and the supermarkets sand mermaid gain significant retail market share against traditional booksellers and specialist bookshops. On the publishing side of the market, he documents that UK publishers gained from the expansion of the total market, but some of those focusing on minority-interest titles have lost. After deregulation, all publishers sand mermaid faced a concentrated retail market with much greater buying power and, at least for some, this resulted in lower profits. With respect to consumer welfare, Fishwick argues that consumers
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