Eh, dunno about denmark, but Norwegian books are like 3x the price of the same book in German. That’s mostly because it’s a small market that still needs translation, though. Doubt fiddling with the VAT will make much difference.

But if price was a concern, aren’t libraries an option? Buying new books isn’t very common, at least not in North America, where our bookstores have all but disappeared.

I’d be surprised if there was a strong or growing market anywhere in the EU.

Yeah, it’s not looking good. There are still bookstores, but more and more it feels like a niche thing.

There has been no VAT on books in Norway, including e-books, since 2015. Norway scores very high on books read per capita, about double that of Denmark.

@Showroom7561 @Sunshine It’s a 25% tax rate. If even 10% of prospective buyers actually buy a book because of the reduced price and read it, that’s a win.