A VAT slash on audiobooks?

An interesting article over at the bookseller, on levelling the VAT on audiobooks within the European Union - in a move which sees the EU embrace successful streams and seemingly happy to encourage it even more:

The move to bring audiobooks into the reduced tariff fold marks a recognition of the increasing importance of the category; in Sweden, audiobooks now account for almost 10% of the market, according to the Federation of European Publishers.

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