Orders of the Day — Public Lending Right Bill

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 10 November 1978.

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Photo of Mr David James Mr David James , North Dorset 12:00, 10 November 1978

Before my hon. Friend castigates publishers—and I have been a publisher as well as an author—will he bear in mind that the publisher has to put an uplift of fourfold on the price of a book in order to allow for discounts and all the other concomitants of putting a book on the market? Therefore, if the author was to be given an extra 10 per cent., that would put the price of a book up by 40 per cent. Is my hon. Friend really prepared to suggest that as a way out?