Purchasing scheme for literature


Where
Norway
When
2016
Who
Arts council norway
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Description of the policy/measure

Arts council norway purchases and distributes to libraries a given number of all new quality books published in norway. 703 copies of each high-quality book for adults and 1480 copies of each high-quality children's book. there are purchasing schemes for fiction for adults and children, non-fiction for adults and children, translated fiction and comics/cartoons. this purchasing scheme, as a form of cultural policy subsidy, is a distinctly norwegian phenomenon.

Results achieved

Maintaining a vital and pluralistic book sector in the future and facilitating new voices and debutantes among authors.

Financial resources allocated to the policy

Usd 14 602 803 in 2015 (125 million nok).