The French government announced that subscription services for ebook violate state laws on the policy of fixed price . Among these services as bigger is definitely Kindle Unlimited , and we imagine that Amazon is far from happy about this news.
THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT AND SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES FOR EBOOK
Médiatrice du livre (Figure created especially for these situations) Laurence Engel was commissioned to analyze the presence of this type of service, and it was she who declare that Unlimited Kindle and similar products (including Izneo , Youboox and Youscribe ) are not legally accepted by French law. Engel would thus invited their companies to reevaluate their offerings, otherwise there will be no room for them on French soil.
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Kindle Unlimited arrived in France about two months ago, a December 2014 , with a total catalog of 700 thousand titles, of which 20 thousand written in French . In a few weeks the headlines have become 830 thousand, reflecting a great demand from the market.
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And ‘interesting to note that this kind of service was already active in France for a bit ‘of time . However it was the arrival of Kindle Unlimited to ensure that the government to ask itself about it. Why?
Basically Kindle Unlimited violates French laws that are the publishers to set the price of books . There is absolutely nothing against the subscription service itself then, the important thing is that the autonomy of the editors is respected.
The above services now have a month to discuss the legal aspects of the matter , and three months to make offers in line with the French laws.
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