6 September 2021
Books are not big macs or baked beans - every new book is a unique educational tool and potentially life-changing. But each title also represents an array of commercial risks, and a huge investment of expertise and labour from writers, agents and publishing teams. That's why a post-Brexit shift towards "international exhaustion", in which copyright rules are weakened, would fatally undermine an exceptional system that plays a vital role in life the global book trade.