Thread: Reducing VAT on e-boooks, to match printed books rates
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Old 05-04-2020, 10:17 PM   #128
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Originally Posted by j.p.s View Post
But it is still premature to jump all over the publishers. They have not had time to react and they probably are still working out how to remain functioning under the pandemic (which might include reducing e-book prices).

I do not doubt that amazon's system requires them to do it book by book.

JKR was probably able to act quickly because of the small number of titles, or maybe JKR has more on the ball, or maybe JKR is less greedy. It is just too soon to know yet.
I did not mean to jump all over the publishers. I started out trying to answer the question "says who": the government. Since the government reduced the vat, and said why, they are the ones who "says who".

I'm willing to wait a while to see whether the publishers follow the intent of the VAT reduction.
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