In Israel the widely-perceived threat to the health of the publishing industry is not an online-behemoth such as Amazon.com, but rather two market-dominating book chains, and as Maya Sela reports in Haaretz, 'Oz, Grossman, 270 others sign letter urging Culture Minister Limor Livnat to press passage of 'Book Bill'', in Authors demand protection from royalty-cutting book chains, as:
The writers said the intense competition between the two largest bookstore chains, Tzomet Books and Steimatzky, is endangering the viability of many publishers and severely reducing author royalties.Ah, yes, book pricing apparently remains difficult to get right anywhere in the world .....