LIBRANDA SEE BLUE SKIES AHEAD WITH EBOOK VAT CUT
October 1st, 2010
BY PAUL RIGG
THE DIRECTOR of Spanish e-book platform Libranda has welcomed an announcement at LIBER, the international book fair for the Spanish speaking world, that Spain's ruling socialists plan to "super-reduce" e-book IVA [VAT] to 4%. The announcement came from Alfredo Rubalcaba, who is the socialists' candidate to become prime minister in the upcoming Spanish elections next month.
"Thank goodness," responded Libranda's Arantza Larrauri, "this is one of the biggest problems facing the expansion of the e-book market in Spain."
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