单词 | net book agreement |
释义 | > as lemmasNet Book Agreement Net Book Agreement n. (formerly in the United Kingdom) any of several successive formal arrangements between some publishers and booksellers, binding the latter not to sell below the net price, and in some instances enabling libraries to purchase new books at a set discount; abbreviated NBA. ΚΠ 1906 N. Amer. Rev. 7 Dec. 1191 A few years ago there was a crisis in the English bookselling trade... A remedy was found in the Net-book Agreement of 1899. 1938 L. M. Harrod Librarians' Gloss. 105 Net book agreement, an agreement drawn up in 1929..between the Publishers' Association, the Booksellers' Association, and the Library Association, enabling rate-supported libraries and other libraries..to receive a discount of 10 per cent on all new books purchased. 1960 G. A. Glaister Gloss. Bk. 274/2 The 1901 Net Book Agreement, now replaced, was based on the right of the Publishers Association to act on behalf of its publisher members in ensuring that the conditions of supply of net books were observed. 2002 H. Jones & C. Benson Publishing Law (ed. 2) ii. v. 120 The Net Book Agreement died in 1997. < as lemmas |
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