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Originally Posted by HarryT
This has to be looked at in the context that France, like many European countries, has laws that do not permit discounting of books - every book has to be sold at its cover price. (We used to have the same law in the UK until the 1990s). It was really only a matter of time until the law caught up with eBooks.
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I remember from my French classes in high school the bit of trivia that in France it is illegal for stores to even have sales except on a couple of specified days of the year. Is that still true? Apparently, "sale" is a dirty word in France. (Polyglot pun intended.)