Booksellers hit back at plans for libraries to sell books
Culture minister Margaret Hodge's suggestion that libraries should link up with internet bookseller Amazon greeted with outrage
The culture minister Margaret Hodge's suggestion that libraries should start selling books as well as lending them has been greeted with outrage by embattled booksellers.
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Friday, 9 October, 2009
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