The French Parliament voted to pass a law introducing a minimum price for the delivery of books purchased
Amazon, for its part,commented on the situation and said the move by the French government would make it harder for consumers in rural areas to buy free shipping. In addition, representatives of the IT giant believe that the new law will reduce the purchasing power of consumers.
The law was passed after the COVID-19 pandemic.During the blockage, consumers began to massively buy literature from online stores. In 2019, 20% of all 435 million books were purchased online. At the same time, the market share of France's 3,300 independent bookstores fell sharply as they could not compete with Amazon.
The new law prohibits free delivery of books and introduces a minimum delivery price. The law has not yet come into force, but is expected to do so early next year. From the editorggI would like to add that reading books digitally will not suffer from this in any way, since the concept of “delivery” in this case it is simply absent.
Source: Reuters
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