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wallcraft · 12-25-2010, 01:31 PM

It is now usual to pay sales tax on "Agency" ebooks in the US. This is because it is then the publishers who are responsible for the sales tax, and I guess they have a presence in all states (perhaps due to paying authors in that state).

On Amazon, it is easy to see the Agency ebooks because they are listed in the "New from" rather than the "Amazon Price" column and they explicitly say "This price was set by the publisher". I don't know if you can tell on Kobo.

As a check, The Confession by John Grisham is not an Agency ebook (it is discountable) and Cross Fire by James Patterson is "Sold by: Hachette Book Group This price was set by the publisher". On Kobo, the former has a list price and a sale price, the latter just has a price.

12-25-2010, 01:31 PM	#2
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,977 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	It is now usual to pay sales tax on "Agency" ebooks in the US. This is because it is then the publishers who are responsible for the sales tax, and I guess they have a presence in all states (perhaps due to paying authors in that state). On Amazon, it is easy to see the Agency ebooks because they are listed in the "New from" rather than the "Amazon Price" column and they explicitly say "This price was set by the publisher". I don't know if you can tell on Kobo. As a check, The Confession by John Grisham is not an Agency ebook (it is discountable) and Cross Fire by James Patterson is "Sold by: Hachette Book Group This price was set by the publisher". On Kobo, the former has a list price and a sale price, the latter just has a price. Last edited by wallcraft; 12-25-2010 at 01:39 PM.