France and Luxembourg ordered to restore ebook VAT

The European Court of Justice has ordered France and Luxembourg to restore their standard VAT rates on ebooks in a ruling announced today (5th March). The court upheld a decision previously made by European Commission, which ruled that the two countries cannot charge the same VAT rate on ebooks as physical books.  Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Amazon Expected to Cut Kindle Fire Orders in Half as New iPad Looms

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Carlton releases Olympic ebooks

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