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bevdeforges · 04-05-2010, 04:24 PM

Actually, my price point is about $15, so I had to go with $16.

My main reason for going to an ebook reader is to be able to get English language fiction here in France. So basically, I'm looking at not paying more than the paperback edition would cost me if I were making my usual runs back to the US to buy books. Up to now, I've been buying books between trips from Amazon in the UK - and despite the discounted paperback prices, you have to figure in shipping costs.

There is a 5% maximum discount on books here in France, which I am told specifically does NOT apply to ebooks, however no one seems to have told FNAC, which is about the only source over here for ebooks. They seem to be charging about the same for French titles as the paper editions.

04-05-2010, 04:24 PM	#23
bevdeforges Addict Posts: 288 Karma: 1094000 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Essonne, France Device: Kobo Forma; Sony PRS600B; Sony 350; Sony T-2	Actually, my price point is about $15, so I had to go with $16. My main reason for going to an ebook reader is to be able to get English language fiction here in France. So basically, I'm looking at not paying more than the paperback edition would cost me if I were making my usual runs back to the US to buy books. Up to now, I've been buying books between trips from Amazon in the UK - and despite the discounted paperback prices, you have to figure in shipping costs. There is a 5% maximum discount on books here in France, which I am told specifically does NOT apply to ebooks, however no one seems to have told FNAC, which is about the only source over here for ebooks. They seem to be charging about the same for French titles as the paper editions.