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This well-written monograph gives a comprehensive, self-contained exposition on the theory of \(C_0\) contractions on a complex Hilbert space. Recall that a bounded linear operator \(T\) is a \(C_0\) contraction if \(\| T\| \leq 1\), \(T\) is completely nonunitary and there exists a nonzero function \(\phi\) in \(H^{\infty}\) of the unit disc such that \(\phi (T)=0\). This class of operators was discovered by norm of this operator \(U\) is defined by the equality \(y_ 0(s)=\| K(s,\cdot)\|_{L^{p'}}\), where \(1/p+1/p'=1\). In [Sib. Mat. Zh. 8, No. 4, 764--781 (1967 Zbl 0173.43204)] \textit{D. A. Vladimirov} introduced the notion of the strengthened compactness which means that \(U\) is a compact operator from \(L^p\) to some weighted \(L^{\infty}\) with weight \(u\in L^q\). This weight is called the regulator of compactness of \(U\). It was established by D. A. Vladimirov that \(U\) is strengthened compact if and only if \(y_0\in L^q.\) The author gives an example of a strengthened compact operator \(U\) such that one can not take its abstract norm \(y_0\) as a regulator of compactness. Nevertheless, the regulator of compactness is connected with the abstract norm as the following theorem shows. Theorem. Let \(U: L^p\to L^q\) be a kernel operator with abstract norm \(y_0\in L^q\). Then one can take as a regulator of compactness of \(U\) any function of the form \(y_1(s)=y_0(s)\phi (y_0(s))\), where \(\phi\) is an arbitrary monotone and continuous function such that \[ (a)\quad \phi (u)\to \infty \text{ as }u\to \infty;\quad (b)\quad \lim_{n\to \infty}\phi (u)/u^{\delta}=0\text{ for every }\delta >0. \]