|
Obligations
for publishers
AZERBAIJAN
Data that the imprint or copyright page must carry is the same as during
the Soviet era, that is, regulated by tradition. At least 14 free copies
must be sent to libraries. There are no central rules on the pricing of
books.
Law extracts in English
BULGARIA
No special regulations prevail for the book sector on the following
issues: pricing, discounting, use of bar-codes, direct sales, etc. The
publisher should give free copies to the National Library, "St. Ciril
and St., Methodyus" within two weeks of publishing. The number of free
copies depends on the total print run - twenty, six, three. There are
also obligations that nodody fulfils, e.g. every publisher should give
a monthly report on their business plan to the National Library.
Law extracts in English
CROATIA
The issue on legal deposit is regulated by the Law on Libraries: nine
copies to the National and University Library in Zagreb, within 30 days.
The library keeps two and sends the rest to other libraries, one of them
outside of the republic: to the university library in Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
There are no central rules governing the pricing of books or contracts
with distributors and booksellers.
Law extracts in English
CZECH REPUBLIC
Each book must contain the title
of the work, name(s) or pseudonyms of authors where known or unless their
mention has not been expressly disallowed by the author/authors, identification
of publisher, year when first published, in cases of translated works
the work's original title with specifying the edition from which the translation
has been made, copyright owner, ISBN, the year of actual publication.
4 legal deposit copies are obligatory, to the three major libraries and
the one connected to the publisher's region. The publisher must also offer
one copy of each publication for the purchase by libraries specified in
a decree edict issued by the Ministry of Culture. Prices of books are
non-regulated contract prices. In practice, publishers give the distributors
or booksellers recommended prices, which, however, are not enforceable.
Law extracts in English
GEORGIA
Special obligations for publishers do not exist. There is no law regulating
what data the imprint or copyright page of a book must carry. According
to the law one issue of each publication must be sent to the National
Library. The law doesn't regulate the pricing of books or contracts with
distributors and booksellers.
HUNGARY
Important obligations a publisher must fulfil: - include the necessary
data, including the ISBN number of the book, - ensure that six free copies
are sent to state libraries (legal deposit). An additional chore is that
publishers must send the regional state library monthly lists of their
publications. There are also fossil remnants of laws which really no-one
abides by and which the government will probably cancel or re-write sooner
or later. These are: - a government decree from 1986 which, among other
things, dictates that the number of copies printed should be written into
the book; - a ministerial decree from 1985 regulating when and how unsold
copies may be sent to the pulping mill.
Law extracts
in English
Law extracts in Hungarian
LATVIA
Publishers are obliged to submit as many as fourteen copies as legal deposit.
Law extracts in English
LITHUANIA
A forty page official state standard instructs publishers in what to include
on, and where to place title pages. The bibliographic centre of the national
library is empowered to monitor compliance with the provisions of this
standard. Though these provisions are obligatory, no sanctions are imposed
for failing to follow them. Depending on the type of book and the place
of publishing, eleven to thirteen copies must be sent as legal deposit
to various addresses but the postal expenses are covered by the libraries.
There are no central rules governing the pricing of books in Lithuania.
Model contracts with distributors or booksellers have not been approved
by legislative acts.
Law extracts
in English
MOLDOVA
Besides the usual obligations, publishing houses must submit eight copies
of each printed issue (legal deposit) to libraries and various other institutions.
The copyright notice should be imprinted on each copy of the work and
should consist of the following three elements: (a) a circled capital
letter C - (c); (b) the name (or designation) of the holder of the exclusive
copyright; (c)the year of first publication of the work. The price of
each publication is exclusively established by the publisher and has to
be included in contracts agreed with book distributors.
Law extracts in English
RUSSIA
Publishers are obliged to provide 16 federal, 3 regional and 2 municipal
copies free of charge. In case of books in minority or foreign languages
the federal toll is 7 copies only. The law makes it clear that they serve
the supply of stocks of the main libraries.
Law extracts in English
SLOVAKIA
The data on the title page and in the imprint is at the publisher´s discretion.
Nowadays there is no valid legal regulation of this. In accordance with
the General Agreement on Copyright the publisher applies the sign Ó in
each copy. The publisher is obliged to identify a non-periodical publication
by an ISBN number and must send fourteen compulsory copies to various
institutions. This number is high and unbearably burdens the publisher
with expenses: for one hundred published books with an average price it
represents the amount of almost 60,000 SK (about 1350 USD), including
postal fees. There are no special provisions on the pricing of books or
in their sales.
Law extracts in English
TAJIKISTAN
The law on publishing contains general stipulations on legal deposit
and about contracts between partners in the trade.
Law extracts in English
UKRAINE
Important obligations a publisher must fulfil: - register as a publisher
with the State Registry and obtain a registration certificate - provide
each title with its original ISBN number - respect copyright ownership
- ensure that free copies are sent to nine state libraries (legal deposit)
- submit state statistical reports - submit information about published
editions No special regulations prevail for the book sector in the following
issues: pricing, discounting, use of bar-codes, etc.
Law extracts in English
YUGOSLAVIA
In both Serbia and Montenegro the data on the copyright page are
determined by law. In Montenegro the amount of legal deposit is twelve
copies for the central library of Montenegro in Cetinje and one copy to
the Yugoslav Bibliographic Institute in Belgrade. Assuming that a book
is a type of public organ, following the completion of a book's print
run the publisher has a duty to forward: three copies each to the Public
Prosecutor, to the Ministry of Information and National Library in Serbia;
one copy each to The Public Prosecutor and Ministry of Information in
Montenegro. In Serbia there is a codification of usage for book distribution
(hereafter Usage). This Usage has the character of supplementary legal
source. They regulate the sale of books (incl. commissioned sale), the
setting and changing of prices, distribution expenses and discounts, clearance
sale, etc. Usage determines that the maximum amount of distribution expenses
may be between 20% and 40% of the retail price, depending on the type
of literature.
Law extracts in English
|
