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NEWS ROUNDUP:
BMJ Publishing Group sells its books department
Dyer (10 April 2004) [Full text]
BMJ Publishing Group sells its books department
BMA Members To Lose An Important Benefit?
26 April 2004
Jay Ilangaratne,
Founder
Medical-Journals.com

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It is not surprising that the loss-making arm BMJ Books has been sold. As a result,the BMA members might want to know whether the small discounts that the members were entitled to when purchasing some books, would also vanish forthwith.If that is the case--at a time when the BMA is imposing a drastic and unjust increase in annual subscription fees--the membership is likely to be further concerned by this latest development.

Perhaps,the earnings from this sale might be added to the fund which generously 'compensates' some council members with increasingly extravagant five figure sums via the Compensation Committee.Further,the proceeds of this sale might assist in boosting the PRP/bonuses of some high-ranking employees of the BMA including those who are gaffe-prone.

Competing interests: None declared