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Godfray: ‘e-book loan revenue should fund book-buying’

Publication Date: Wed, 25/07/2012 - 10:25

The Booksellers Association has called for “a seat at the table” of culture minister Ed Vaizey’s review into e-book lending in libraries, while warning against the government using e-book loan payments as a “stealth revenue”.

The BA’s chief executive Tim Godfray said that while he supported the...

Booksellers Association | Home | libraries | Lisa Campbell | tom godfray
BA welcomes defamation proposal

Publication Date: Wed, 19/10/2011 - 14:50

The Booksellers Association has welcomed a recommendation to reinstate booksellers with the defence of innocent dissemination in regards to the Defamation Bill.

The joint committee on the Draft Defamation Bill has suggested the government reinstate the defence which existed before 1996, and allowed booksellers to argue they had a...

Booksellers Association | defamation | Lisa Campbell | publishers association | tom godfray
BA hails "seminal" OFT investigation

Publication Date: Thu, 03/02/2011 - 07:46

The Booksellers Association has described the Office of Fair Trading (OFT)'s investigation into agency pricing as "a seminal moment" for the book industry.

Tim Godfray, chief executive of the BA, has anticipated that the outcome of the OFT's enquiry into the fairness of agency pricing will dictate the way e-...

agency model | BA | digital | e-books | Home | Lisa Campbell | OFT | tom godfray