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Originally Posted by joblack
A lot of e-books have already the same price as the the paperback variant. If the e-book VAT moves from 19 percent (actual VAT in Germany) to 7 percent the publishers can pocket the difference without adjusting the end price.
Additionally there is something like the Fixed Book Price Law in Germany. Publishers can use that law for an excuse to not 'be able to adjust the price'.
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ebooks are not in the fixed-price like pbooks are here. But ebooks and pbooks are generally the same base price (so without VAT). Even though ebooks can be made cheaper (as the fixed-price doesn't count) they won't. They'll price it the same as pbooks which means they're more expensive in a shop (21% vs 6%) and then "complain" that people don't buy ebooks...