Amazon Will Pay French Fine, and Continue to Discount Books Per our speculation when first noting that a French court would fine Amazon a mighty one thousand euros a day for the sin of exceeding limits on discounting books, the company announced yesterday that it would pay the fines and continue the discounts rather than give in. Director of the French unit Xavier Garambois says, “We are determined to follow every avenue available to us to overturn this law.” Jeff Bezos invited French customers to sign an online petition of support for their appeal and by last night 120,000 people […]
