Should books have fixed retail prices?

AI-generated summary, admin reviewed: This law proposed fixed retail prices for books. Publishers or importers would set a price that bookshops, including online retailers, generally had to follow for at least 18 months. Retailers could offer discounts of up to 5%. Supporters argued that fixed prices would protect small bookshops, publishers, authors and cultural diversity. Opponents argued that the law would interfere with competition and keep book prices unnecessarily high. Swiss voters rejected the law.
Seed source: Swissvotes federal popular vote dataset.
Swissvotes page: https://swissvotes.ch/vote/559.00
Official result data: https://bk.admin.ch/de/details-referenden-und-weitere-erlasse?voteNumber=559
Vote date: 2012-03-11
Original Swissvotes English title: Book price regulation Act
Original German title: Gesetz über die Buchpreisbindung
Swissvotes short-description title: Preisregulierung für das 'Kulturgut' Buch kommt nicht zurück
Original French title: Loi sur la réglementation du prix du livre
Année Politique Suisse description: https://anneepolitique.swiss/prozesse/36543
BFS result map (German): https://mapexplorer.bfs.admin.ch/?obs=politic&lang=de#c=indicator&i=vp20120311.prop_oui_559_0
BFS result map (French): https://mapexplorer.bfs.admin.ch/?obs=politic&lang=fr#c=indicator&i=vp20120311.prop_oui_559_0
Official chronology (French): https://bk.admin.ch/fr/details-referendums-et-autres-actes?voteNumber=559