Some useful info here, from Troy Lambert…
One of my books, Stray Ally, released by a small press in Ireland, is in several libraries, including the British Library. This is not because I am a famous author in Ireland, or anywhere else for that matter.
It’s because of a law called “Legal Deposit.” This a legal requirement that a person or group submit copies of their publications to a repository, usually a library. In the Republic of Ireland, the Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000 specifies that one copy of every book published is to be delivered to the National Library of Ireland, Library of Trinity College, Dublin, the library of the University of Limerick, the library of Dublin City University, and the British Library. Four copies are to be delivered to the National University of Ireland for distribution to its four constituent universities. Further, on demand in writing within twelve months of publication, a copy…
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Stevie Turner 
Yup, good ole legal deposit here in Canada. Excellent share. 🙂
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We have the same legal deposit system in Canada.
I read this article nodding yes… so true. In fact, only moments ago I sent a similar blog post winging into the internet about the pricing of electronic books for indie authors being far too low.
Hopefully, indie novels that require millions of brain cells, dedication to a craft, creative energy, a plethora of expensive professional services, and zero trees to produce, will enable a more even price structure. 99 cents is not fair trading.
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The trouble is that if they are priced too high, then readers won’t buy them. Also they tend to wait until the book is on special offer too.
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The point I made on my latest slightly ‘tongue-in-cheek- blog post entitled ‘OUT OF FAIRNESS’ is that there is such an inequity between e-book prices.
Since all e-books are paperless, it seems unfair that traditional publishers rarely, if ever, set a comparable price to those most indie writers now accept as the norm.
Yes, it’s up to individual indies to price their e-books higher than free or 99 cents but somehow there could be a fair-trading meeting place where famous writers and bestsellers drop their exorbitant e-book prices … which are often only a couple of dollars lower than the print versions.
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