Thread: UK e-book prices to rise from 1st January 2015
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Old 01-02-2015, 04:18 AM   #205
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Originally Posted by Josieb1 View Post
I went to buy an ebook yesterday that sells at $6.99 on all sites, this is roughly £4.34 on Amazon UK. From yesterday its now $6.99 + $1.40 Vat = $8.40 and on Amazon today it's now appeared and its £5.36. The reality of this will hit authors and readers hard. I am a prolific buyer and purchase on a whim but that will stop now.

I was looking at book three in a series, they are all $6.99 but now Amazon shows

£4.34 for book 1
£5.21 for book 2
£5.36 for book 3.

You need to talk to your government. A 20% VAT tax on eBooks is just insane.
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