Ghana Publishers Association standardises discounts and credit periods for the book trade in Ghana

The leadership and members of the Ghana Publishers Association have standardized common discount and credit policies to guide member-publishers in doing business with schools, bookshops, and distributors.

The practice of individual publishers negotiating discounts with their customers (schools, bookshops, and distributors) without a standard industry format has created some inconsistencies and disruptions in the marketing and selling of books countrywide.

Members, therefore, resolved at a recent CEO Meeting in Accra on 28th October 2022 that such practices should be discontinued in the interest of the Industry.

These resolutions were made to protect and save the businesses of publishers and the Publishing Industry as a whole in the face of the unstable economic conditions in the country.

Asare Konadu Yamoah

President