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Originally Posted by HarryT
It's a matter of EU law, and the legal definition of the "point of sale".
When you buy a physical book, the point of sale is the bookshop.
When you buy an eBook, the point of sale is your computer.
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Yet the VAT rate of the vendor's place of business applies. This is one of the inconsistencies that should get resolved.
However, somehow I can not understand this rights issue. The continental book market for English language books is quite substantial. I wouldn't be surprised if it were bigger than the book market of the Republic of Ireland, with thousands of shops selling English language books. How can publishers from the UK not have secured the rights to distribute their books throughout Europe?
Why are Amazon and Kobo able to sell a huge range of English ebooks on the Continent if there is a rights issue?