Denmark to abolish VAT on books in effort to get more people reading
Culture minister says government will propose ending the 25% rate, the highest in the world, in its budget bill
Is VAT the reason why people don't read in Denmark??? Seems odds, TBH.
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.
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.
Any european author recommendations? 😳
Joe Abercrombie comes to mind, bri'ish author, writes grimdark fantasy featuring amusingly dark and broken characters.
Reading Best Served Cold right now, finished the first three books last month. They're good but my gods he's obsessed with people's mouths.
Sir Terry Pratchett, the man so funny and insightful, he waa knighted.
On an slight tangent living in Worcester I am looking forward to this!
https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/25384892.worcester-city-art-gallery-display-discworld-artworks/
Jo Nesbø, if you're into crime/police novels.
Oh so many!
What are you into? Which country (I am personally partial to Russia, France, Italy)? Translated into English? Classics or recent?
For a nice laugh read Blindboy Boatclubs books, my partner banned the most recent one from the bedroom because I was waking her with my prolonged laughs
The Kalevala is great.
Astrid Lindgren Frans G. Bengtsson, especially Röde Orm Thorbjörn Egner
From the top of my head
