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In less affluent EU countries, taxing eBook more is a good thing?
I'm sorry, I don't get it.
I'm not in favor of taxes as a social weapon, but I know many people are.
I live in a developing nation. eBook readers are expensive for many, but do you know where most of the people I know read eBooks? On their phones.
In spite of the cost of dedicated eReaders, the eBook has become THE way that most of these people read books. There are no libraries of freely available books to check out. There are no used bookstores with the thousands of titles you can find for $0.99 in the big cities of the US.
These people download eBooks and read them on their phones. It's the cheapest way possible for them to get a selection of current, interesting, meaningful books and enjoy reading them.
Imagine my surprise when I found out that 80% of the locals I gifted my 270,000 word novel to, were reading it on their phone! That would drive me crazy, but it's what they have and what they do.
Now you are advocating punishing these people with a higher tax rate because somehow you consider eBooks to be luxury items?
I will never understand. Sorry.
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