Sales up after Israeli government repeals contentious “book law”
Back in June, Liam O’Brien covered the strange legislative interlude in Israel after a law was passed setting strict controls on the discounting of new books, only to be repealed less… Read more »
Israeli government repeals controversial “book law”
Well, that didn’t take long. Israel’s “Law for the Protection of Literature and Writers,” which set strict controls on discounts for new books, banned store-display deals between publishers and sellers, and established a floor… Read more »
Israel’s book-pricing law, one year out
When we first reported on the growing tensions in Israel between publishers, retailers, and authors, it was 2012. The two national bookstore chains, the older Steimatzky and the brash young Tzomet Sfarim, were in… Read more »