A French court ruled that Amazon.fr
The court gave Amazon 10 days to start charging for the delivery of books, which should at least allow the company to maintain the offer through the end-of-year gift-giving season. After that, it must pay a fine of €1,000 (US$1,470) per day that it continues to offer free delivery. It must also pay €100,000 in compensation to the booksellers’ union.
Retail prices, particularly of books, are tightly regulated in France. (read the article from MacWorld)
A Sidenote: Amazon France offers books in English
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aaagh! that is the whole reason (the free shipping) I order from Amazon…!!
Comment by Kat 12.12.07 @ 5:42 pmMaybe they’ll just do 1E delivery and 1E off all books 
I sort of liked the free delivery 
(I lived in a small town and I am stuck with Amazon for anything in English..)
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