Another Reason Kindle Books Are Going to Get More Expensive: Sales Tax

Several publishers now set their own monetary value for Kindle books , not Amazon . Which often means pricier than what Amazon was charging . And nowAmazon saysthey’re add sales tax on any book where the publisher mark the price .

Here ’s the full damage , from a message post in a Kindle community meeting place by Amazon Kindle Customer Service :

Several publisher have lately changed the nature of their relationship with Amazon , proceed to a job model whereby the publishing company , not Amazon , is the marketer of record for their book . Kindle books sold under this fashion model are subject to sales revenue enhancement based on the publisher ’s state taxation reporting obligation and the taxability of digital books in those states . book where the newspaper publisher is the seller of record say “ This price was adjust by the publisher . ” Nothing has changed with respect to sales taxes on Kindle books where Amazon is the seller of record .

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fundamentally , if a newspaper publisher is set the cost , Amazon is collecting sales revenue enhancement based on the state where the publishing company resides . The publisher at issue here , asTechFlash discovered , are Hachette , Harper Collins , Simon & Schuster , and MacMillan , and it motley from state to nation , socheck out the full list .

So , ebook prices will probably poke at up just a slight bit further . I suppose that ’s one way to play hardball with malcontent publishers . [ AmazonviaTechFlashviaTechMeme ]

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