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Not really. If they purchase the book from Amazon and resell in their shops, they would be making a loss due to French price restrictions.
by kristianp 8y ago
Not really. If they purchase the book from Amazon and resell in their shops, they would be making a loss due to French price restrictions.
- PHGamer 8y agolol what? im kinda curious what the french price restrictions are
- vatueil 8y agoFrom the article: > France is highly supportive of its independent booksellers: it has fixed book prices, and caps discounts at 5%, passing a bill in 2013 to stop retailers such as Amazon from combining the 5% discount with free delivery. > https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/15/france-online-books-fixed-price-system https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/15/france-online-...
- JumpCrisscross 8y ago> they would be making a loss due to French price restrictions Which they lobbied for.
- kevin_thibedeau 8y agoCreatespace authors get a discount and can drop ship bulk orders anywhere. The bookstores just have to purchase through him.