Amazon Vs France

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Sat Jul 12, 2014 2:18 am

France passed a law banning free deliveries of books online stores.

"We are unfortunately no longer allowed to offer free deliveries for book orders."

Post by **GORDON** » Sat Jul 12, 2014 11:57 am

Good to know they fixed everything else about their fucked up country. Their citizens should be thrilled by this.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Sat Jul 12, 2014 2:25 pm

While the law is not specifically aimed at Amazon, Culture Minister Aurelie Filippetti has singled out the US giant's practices in the past, attacking it for its "dumping strategy" and for selling books at a loss.

"Once they are in a dominant position and will have crushed our network of bookshops, they will bring prices back up," she forecast last year.

Jesus H. Goddamn Motherfucking Christ. You really think Amazon's actively waging war on your local literary shops? You think Amazon, the dudes who have a patent on one-click online ordering, are trying to corner the French market on physical literature?

Ah.

Since 16 May 2012, she is Minister of Culture and Communication in the government of Jean-Marc Ayrault...

Getting clearer.

Her first novel Les derniers jours de la classe Ouvrière (The Last Days of the Working Class)...

You mean, like when people don't have to do shitty menial labour anymore because we've come up with more efficient and reliable ways of doing physical work? Anyway, also a prima donna author.