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As one of the measures for reducing British expenditure in countries in the ‘dollar area’, it has been announced that restrictions are being imposed on the importation into Britain of books. At a time when emphasis is being placed increasingly on the importance of international understanding, it is most unfortunate that this particular medium should have been selected as a means of effecting economies; books are surely one of the best means of making one people acquainted with another. Here we are concerned mainly with scientific and technical books, and the restriction will in practice apply chiefly, though not entirely, to American books. The position is that scientific and technical books may no longer be imported except under individual licence. British publishers have to submit to the licensing authorities evidence of the value of their pre-war imports of such books, and they will be given a licence to import foreign books to the, same annual value. Thus we return, at a stroke, to the maximum war-time restrictions. Publisher will now have to apply quarterly for licences to import specified quantities of named books, and, giving in each case the name of the exporting country.
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Scientific and Technical Books. Nature 160, 448 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/160448a0
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