(Source: Monash University) By Dr Nathan Hollier How healthy is the bookselling and publishing industry in Australia? And what are the key reasons for this state of wellbeing (or illness)? These questions have been pondered by many people over the past decade. But they're worth asking again, given that Amazon, the 'everything store' that began as a bookstore, will soon be warehousing stock here and fulfilling orders from Australia, via a partnership between its subsidiary Book Depository and Australian logistics company DAI Post. We're also in the midst of a new round in the highly emotional argument over whether Australia should keep its parallel import restrictions on books. As debate...
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