Buchgemeinschaften#
Book Clubs, sell members books at a reduced prices on condition that they buy books regularly. In Austria there are 5 book clubs: Donauland, Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft Alpenland, Buecherbund, Herder Buchgemeinde and Buechergilde Gutenberg. 3 of these are majority owned by the German Bertelsmann AG. In 1994 around 1 million people were subscribers to book clubs in Austria.