Fixed book prices in Austria: what self-publishers need to know
Austria's fixed book price law covers printed books and ebooks in German. Here is what it asks of you as the publisher, and what KDP asks.
The facts
- The rule
- For German-language books and ebooks you set a minimum price, VAT included, and register it in the public database; sellers may go up to 5% below it. Clearance sales are free after 24 months.
- Printed books
- Covered
- Ebooks
- Covered
- Languages
- Only books in German
- Amazon stores selling there
- Amazon.de
- What KDP asks
- Where a fixed book price law applies, KDP asks you to set the same list price at every retailer, and to tell the authorities where the law requires it.
Other countries
Fixed book price laws in every country we know.
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Checked on 17 October 2026 against BGBl. I 196/2022, KDP, Price your book. Stores, agencies and laws change their rules: their own pages have the final word.