Displaying book prices on the cover, may soon be compulsory

The Culture Ministry has prepared a draft Bill, similar to one drafted in France, aimed at making it compulsory for publishers to print book prices on the cover. Currently, only a few publishers, including the largest ones - Prószyński I S-ka, Amber, Rebis and Zysk I S-ka, print prices on book covers. This practice, commonplace in the EU and USA, has been unpopular with domestic publishers since the nineties, when the inflation rate was very high. Nowadays, with inflation forecast to reach around 2.2% in 2003, publishers and book distributors will have to comply with the new regulations. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A1)