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Originally Posted by rogue_librarian
Well, you can probably start with two or three dozen....
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24 to 36 countries? Seriously? That's your idea of a modest international business...?
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Originally Posted by rogue_librarian
And if you want to go the low-maintenance route just make it clear to the customer that he's responsible for any taxes and duties. Oh, and you'd invoice in US dollars, no worries.
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That's not even close to how it works. It's up to the retailer in almost all nations to collect sales tax and/or VAT.
You really think you can go to your local supermarket and tell them you'll send the sales tax in yourself?
Further, if you invoice in US currency, and your customer does not have a US credit card, then they get hit with fees for the currency exchange. If they return the ebook, they have to pay
another exchange fee. I.e. your customers will either expect you to accept local currency, or you'll get an earful.
Like I said, none of this is impossible, but it definitely increases the cost of doing business for a retailer, even once the contractual issues are addressed. Even B&N isn't going after international customers, and it's virtually certain they'd get international access to the same titles as Amazon.
Unfortunately, I don't think you will see a lot of companies chasing those customers for quite some time.