You heard me right. The French are fining Amazon.com for offering free shipping on books. Books! Evidently, retail prices of books are tightly regulated in France. No book seller is allowed to discount books by more than 5 percent on the publisher's recommended price. Amazon's free shipping exceeds that 5 percent discount according to the French bookseller's union.
I could make some kind of French joke here, but the story is funny on its own.
