Cheaper books in imports shake-up
July 05, 2008
From: The Australian

CHEAPER books are one of the benefits promised by competition reforms announced at COAG, with the federal Government considering lifting restrictions on imports.
The Productivity Commission will be asked to review copyright laws that prevent booksellers from importing titles that are also published in Australia after federal and state governments agreed on Thursday that it was a priority area for competition reform.

Books produced in the US and Britain tend to be cheaper, but at present Australian stores are forced to sell only the more expensive locally published version of the same title.
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