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Old 07-11-2010, 02:41 AM   #105
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Originally Posted by NiLuJe View Post
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.
I suppose that, technically, those of us in France ARE in Waterstone's "region" - at least as far as English-language books are concerned.

But the thing that really hurts here in France is the law that forbids discounting on books (well, up to 5% only). It's why Amazon.fr offers free shipping on all books. Even most "popular" books in France, published in what I consider a paperback format, cost 20€ or so.
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