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Old 03-16-2012, 07:00 PM   #104
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I am an expat who left Germany long, long ago, so others will be able to give you more details about this. As I understand a publisher sets the price when the book first comes out. And, for a period of time, nobody is allowed to give a discount. The price, for ebooks too, includes the 19% VAT (that was the latest figure I know of, if they haven't raised it again).

So my guess is, for you books it is the same, your publisher/agent sets the price the first time one of yours comes to market. And, as far as I know, the Buchpreisbindung works the same for foreign language books. Should be easy for you to check on your books and see how much they charge in Europe.
Ah, then I am seeing the right price, but I think it is before the 19 percent (or 21 now?) I have to be logged out of the US account to see the foreign prices and sometimes based on IP they don't show up. Or based on some other mysterious factor of the internet or Amazon. Sometimes the only way I can see the price is to go to the forums there and use the "product link." That will usually show the price.

Thanks.
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