
📚How to Resist Amazon and Why, with Danny Caine📚
The Shakespeare and Company Interview
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The Impact of a Fixed Price Book Law on the Bookstore Landscape
In France we have a fixed price book law which predates Amazon actually. And one thing we've also seen in France is proactive steps from the government to limit Amazon's influence. So for example, you can't discount a book by more than 5% of the cover price. In addition, Amazon are no longer able to offer free postage for books. There's also local subsidies for bookstores that Paris City Hall charges lower business rates for someone opening a bookstore for someone opening another type of cafe.
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