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25/06/2007, 19:45 woolybanana (ex tag) Joined on 10/06/2007 vendée Posts 526 Re: Free book delivery now illegal in France Come on guys, culture cannot be sold cheap to the masses. As writers we have a right to maintain our rice bowls intact. Books are not a commodity but a sacred flame from our souls that must be nurtured and respected. Imagine, one day you might be able to buy our great thoughts in supermarkets. Disgusting. Don't try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig    Report

25/06/2007, 20:50 Skye Joined on 12/07/2006 Aveyron Posts 18 Re: Free book delivery now illegal in France I notice that the Book Depository is still providing free delivery to France as of today's date. Does this suggest it just hasn't heard of the ruling yet? Skye    Report

25/06/2007, 22:23 woolybanana (ex tag) Joined on 10/06/2007 vendée Posts 526 Re: Free book delivery now illegal in France Surely this can't apply to foreign suppliers? Don't try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig    Report

26/06/2007, 0:02 BJSLIV Joined on 23/08/2004 Posts 2,426 Re: Free book delivery now illegal in France That's the weakness in the law, they can't control retailers operating outside France, so as I said earlier , I fully expect Amazon.fr will transfer their book selling to Amazon.Belgium or Luxembourg. Internet retailers are able to operate from where they like ducking and diving to maximize their own commercial interests. You can see that in the way that environmentally friendly Tesco ship all their UK mail-ordered  DVDs,  enveloped and addressed  ready  for posting, all the way  from London to Switzerland and then to post them back to the UK just to avoid paying the VAT.      Report

26/06/2007, 9:46 daisymay Joined on 04/03/2007 Posts 96 Re: Free book delivery now illegal in France Gleaned from this thread The French buy fewer books than their British counterparts Because Books are expensive in France Because Printing costs are expensive printing runs are short because The French buy fewer books than their British counterparts because .........    Report

26/06/2007, 9:55 Russethouse Joined on 23/08/2004 Forum Moderator Posts 9,804 Re: Free book delivery now illegal in France Isn't the price in the UK kept low as there is no VAT on books, where as in France, there is TVA ? I'm not sure about printing costs either - the small Journal I edit is printed in Lorient at a very reasonable cost. www.quimperclub.org 99    Report

26/06/2007, 9:56 Russethouse Joined on 23/08/2004 Forum Moderator Posts 9,804 Re: Free book delivery now illegal in France Isn't the price in the UK kept low as there is no VAT on books, where as in France, there is TVA ? I'm not sure about printing costs either - the small Journal I edit is printed in Lorient at a very reasonable cost. www.quimperclub.org 99    Report

27/06/2007, 16:55 Tourangelle Joined on 31/08/2004 37 Posts 934 Re: Free book delivery now illegal in France I can't believe you guys think books are expensive here in France.  You aren't just talking about books in English are you?  Because paperbacks in French are really cheap, and we have an enormous collection of books and so do my friends, shelves and shelves of them.    Report

27/06/2007, 22:07 Catalpa Joined on 23/08/2004 Southern Manche - 50 Posts 1,504 Re: Free book delivery now illegal in France No, I wasn't just talking about books in English. I wasn't talking just about paperbacks either. Or only fiction, for that matter.    Report

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