Bookseller traffic regulations
The bookseller's traffic regulations (traffic regulations for the book trade) regulate the bookselling business between the individual branches.
As early as the 18th century, efforts were made to create uniform regulations for the book trade. The first traffic regulations were only passed at the general meeting of the German Booksellers' Association in Leipzig, headed by Adolf Kröner . It regulated the traffic between the publishing house (producing book trade) and the assortment (distributing book trade). Failure to comply with the rules could lead to exclusion from the club. Since then there have been different versions, which can also be traced back to changing legal framework conditions.
Since 1989 it has been making non-binding recommendations for terms and conditions for publishers and the general book trade. The currently valid 20 paragraphs are non-binding, but a recommendation of the association. The Bookseller's Sales Regulations have been registered with the German Federal Cartel Office as a non-binding recommendation of conditions by the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels eV.
literature
- The Exchange Association of the German Book Trade 1825–2000. A historical outline , ed. On behalf of the Historical Commission by Stephan Füssel , Georg Jäger and Hermann Staub in conjunction with Monika Estermann, Booksellers Association, Frankfurt / Main 2000. ISBN 3-7657-2297-9 .