Parisian Booksellers Win Olympic Standoff

With the Paris Olympics just days away, there’s heartening news for the…

France slaps Google with $270 million fine for misuse of news publishers’ data

Publishers have always found themselves at loggerheads with makers of generative AI…
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France’s Journalism Drives a Boom in Comics

One in four books sold in France is a comic book, according…

New French law forces Amazon to pay minimum delivery fee to support independent bookstores

In an effort to protect independent bookstores and level the playing field…

Storytel launches service in France and forges partnership with major publishers

Storytel announced it has entered into a partnership with leading French publishers…

France to impose €3 delivery fee on book orders from Amazon

France has initiated plans to impose a minimum delivery fee of 3…

Carrefour is closing their ebook store and abandons e-readers

Carrefour is one of the largest supermarket chains in France and they…

Vending Machines in France give you free short stories

Indie authors in Grenoble, a small city in France now have a…

French Publishing Contracts Now Have a Separate Clause for e-Books

There has been a dramatic change to French Intellectual Property Code in…

Hachette Reports Good Sales in 2013

The France-based publishing company Lagardère revealed it has had a profitable year…

French Senate Approves Bill to Stop eBook Retailers Offering Free Home Delivery

Senators at the upper house of the French Parliament have come together…

New French Law Bars Online Booksellers to Offer Discounts With Free Shipping

The French parliament has passed a law that makes it illegal for…

Acer Iconia A1-810 Tablet Now on Sale in France For €199

Acer has a tablet surprise up its sleeve: the Iconia A1-810, a…

Google Nexus 7 Reaches France, Germany, and Spain

Nexus 7 is slowly opening up to more international markets and the…

Samsung Sues Apple in France over Tech Patents

If Apple has bitten a chunk off Samsung’s back in Germany, the…