Australian Authors, please bend over

The Australian Productivity Commission has shafted Australian authors. Speakeasy has a rant:

Ozlit forced onto dole queue …

July 15th, 2009 | Books and Publishing, Business In The Industry, Industry News

By now, you would have heard the anguished cries of authors around Australia railing against the Productivity Commission’s recommendations to lift all Parallel Importation Restrictions (PIR). The Commission’s report can be summed up a few keypoints:

• repeal PIR protecting Australian publishers and independent booksellers in 3 years
• ‘review’ the financial assistance needs of the Australian literary sector
• ABS to survey industry and measure impact of changes in 5 years

Read the rest here http://blog.awmonline.com.au/2009/07/15/ozlit-forced-onto-dole-queue/.