The government announced Thursday that it would cover the costs of sending books ordered from independent bookstores during the confinement period, in order to "
help them continue their activity through online sales
".
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This device will allow booksellers to charge their customers only the shipping costs at the minimum legal rate, or 0.01 euros
", specify in a joint statement the Ministers of Economy Bruno Le Maire and Culture Roselyne Bachelot. The bookstores concerned, "
meeting the VSE and SME size criteria and for which the sale of new books is the main activity
", will thus have to file reimbursement requests.
