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NiLuJe · 07-09-2010, 04:01 PM

And yet it's the sad, sad truth. And let's not start talking about the 19.6% VAT on eBooks vs. the 5.5% VAT on paper books... So, yeah, eBook prices in France are nuts. Hopefully that'll change for the better, but we're still way behind on the whole eBook thing for now...

And I can confirm, like bevdeforges, that Waterstones doesn't seem to enforce any geographic restrictions (for now?). I bought something there last week, with a french billing address and & french cc#, from a french IP.

07-09-2010, 04:01 PM	#96
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047190 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	And yet it's the sad, sad truth. And let's not start talking about the 19.6% VAT on eBooks vs. the 5.5% VAT on paper books... So, yeah, eBook prices in France are nuts. Hopefully that'll change for the better, but we're still way behind on the whole eBook thing for now... And I can confirm, like bevdeforges, that Waterstones doesn't seem to enforce any geographic restrictions (for now?). I bought something there last week, with a french billing address and & french cc#, from a french IP. Last edited by NiLuJe; 07-09-2010 at 04:42 PM.