Fixed book prices in France: what self-publishers need to know
France's fixed book price law covers printed books and ebooks. Here is what it asks of you as the publisher, and what KDP asks.
The facts
- The rule
- Print: you set the price and sellers charge 95% to 100% of it; deeper cuts mostly wait until a book is two years old. Ebooks: a publisher based in France sets one price for readers in France, with no discounts.
- Printed books
- Covered
- Ebooks
- Covered
- Languages
- Books in any language
- Amazon stores selling there
- Amazon.fr
- VAT on print at Amazon.fr
- 5.5%, added by Amazon to the list price you set
- 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 The Ministry of Culture on the price of books, The law of 26 May 2011 on the price of ebooks, KDP, Price your book. Stores, agencies and laws change their rules: their own pages have the final word.