自じ由ゆう価か格かく本ぼん

noun

book not subject to resale price maintenance; book priced by the seller

A book sold without a fixed resale price, allowing retailers to set their own price. Used in the context of Japanese book distribution and the resale price maintenance system (再販制度).

See also: 自由価格

• この書しょ店てんでは自じ由ゆう価か格かく本ぼんを割わり引びき価か格かくで販はん売ばいしている。

  This bookstore sells books not subject to resale price maintenance at a discount.

• 自じ由ゆう価か格かく本ぼんは再さい販はん制せい度どの対たい象しょう外がいなので、店みせによって値ね段だんが違ちがう。

  Since books not subject to resale price maintenance are outside the resale price system, prices vary by store.