Thread: Fictionwise vs the Kindle Store
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Old 01-06-2010, 09:52 AM   #57
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Originally Posted by DawnFalcon View Post
Okay, and for non-Americans, what happens when you include a $2.35 (UK VAT returns to 17.5% in 2010, so not $2.30 anymore...) fee per Kindle book?
Well, let's do it: 34 books, so...
Kindle store: $199.87
Fictionwise: $135.24
Although half the books probably aren't available, it does illustrate my repeated point about the Kindle not being the best deal outside America for many books.
The VAT is a government levy not a store levy. If Fictionwise is not applying this levy it is either because you lied in your geo settings for Fictionwise or they are just not respecting foreign tax policies.
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