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EowynCarter · 04-06-2010, 07:41 AM

Well, France have fixed price for books. The reason beind it was to protect small bookstores, as opposed to the big ones who have the means to offer more rebate. Didn't really worked out.

Result is that books are more expensive. On the other hand, no headache to figure out what shop is the least expensive.

I won't stop buying e-books, but I will probably buy one book at 14$, rather than two at 9$

04-06-2010, 07:41 AM	#9
EowynCarter Wizard Posts: 4,337 Karma: 4000000 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Paris Device: Cybooks; Sony PRS-T1	Well, France have fixed price for books. The reason beind it was to protect small bookstores, as opposed to the big ones who have the means to offer more rebate. Didn't really worked out. Result is that books are more expensive. On the other hand, no headache to figure out what shop is the least expensive. I won't stop buying e-books, but I will probably buy one book at 14$, rather than two at 9$ Last edited by EowynCarter; 04-09-2010 at 09:05 AM.