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Old 03-16-2012, 12:41 PM   #99
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Originally Posted by HansTWN View Post
Yes, and with the "Buchpreisbindung" you pay a lot more than you should. If European consumers are generally happy with that, I don't know. I would like to buy some German books, occasionally. But every time I see the prices I think "forget it, I will read the English translation or I won't buy the book at all". So I only buy German books to use up some old gift coupons someone gave me.

So the real question is, should book buyers be squeezed to keep small bookstores alive?

So how does that work with ebooks? Mine sell in Germany and I think the price is a direct conversion from the dollar. I set the prices and I think that carries over--but is a tax added to it? Or do you mean that only German produced books have this Buchpreisbindung?

Very curious.
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