The French government has successfully passed an “anti-Amazon” law that prevents booksellers, mainly Amazon, from offering 5% discounts on books and free shipping, The Wall Street Journal reports. The law, meant to protect local bookstores from the giant retail store, isn’t necessarily scaring Amazon, which has already found a clever way of trolling the government — it’s now chargin €0.01 for shipping in the region. However, the company isn’t able to offer the 5% discount any longer. “We’re sadly no longer authorized to offer you a 5% discount on books,” the company said on its French website. The previous version of the law allowed bookstores to offer a maximum 5% off the cover price of books in the region. Meanwhile, Europeans are voicing their
How Amazon is trolling the French government
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