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New French Legislation On Book Shipping Would Force Amazon to Make More Money

September 29, 2021
By Michael Cader

Book discounts in France are limited to no more than 5 percent by law and in 2014 they banned free shipping on discounted books. So instead Amazon and others have charged as little as one cent for shipping. Seven years later, the government has decided something must be done, so the National Assembly is considering […]

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