Maya Sela reports in Haaretz that: 'Ten top Israeli authors tell their publishers they don't want their books sold at discount prices at the 51st Hebrew Book Week, describing low prices as 'humiliation'', in David Grossman and Amos Oz don't want to be a bargain, as:
The writers are demanding that their publishing houses not allow their books to be included in the big sales, because they say, "We can no longer participate in the humiliation of our works in particular, and Hebrew literature in general."An impressive list of writers.
Those who spoke out against the sales are David Grossman, Haim Be'er, Ronit Matalon, Amos Oz, Eli Amir, Yoram Kaniuk, Orly Castel-Bloom, Judith Katzir, Meir Shalev and Zeruya Shalev.