Reuters reveals Amazon supplied France deal to have invoice defending bookshops pulled

Amazon proposed elevating guide supply prices in France to round 2 euros from nearly nothing if parliament withdrew a invoice that may make it tougher for the e-commerce group to undercut native bookshops, a French senator instructed Reuters. Senator Laure Darcos stated Amazon had made the proposal for a minimal supply cost of 1.80-2.00 euros ($2.03-2.25) when its vp for Books and Kindle content material, David Naggar, met Tradition Minister Roselyne Bachelot on Aug. 25 in Paris. The proposal, particulars of which haven’t beforehand been reported, was a part of a months-long lobbying push by Amazon to kill the invoice, Darcos and 5 different lawmakers stated.