Reopening to UK Sales
Tags: VATAfter much hesitation and fretting, Michael has finally allowed himself to be convinced, by the tireless efforts of many solicitous indie ebook fans in the UK over the past few years (thank you!), that it’s safe to reopen Weightless to UK sales. Apparently ebooks have been designated zero rate for VAT since early in 2020.
Welcome back! And very sorry for the delay.
Important note: This doesn’t apply to the EU. We still can’t sell to the EU. :(
Alternatives to Weightless for EU/UK Readers
Tags: VATEU and UK folks, many of you have been asking, so here’s our thread all about how else you can get ebooks from our publishers now that we’ve had to stop selling them to you due to VAT. Thank you for persisting, and please keep supporting these magazines!
You can get @UndertowPubs ebooks, including issues of Weird Horror, direct from their website: https://t.co/5PfSsGFETQ pic.twitter.com/rBJ90q8Fzj
— Weightless Books (@WeightlessBooks) January 4, 2022
.@clarkesworld’s Patreon includes ebook rewards: https://t.co/C84H3Zi8Pf And you can also subscribe on Am*zon: UK – https://t.co/OASECxmFZU DE –https://t.co/sxlauJyloQ FR – https://t.co/Zd9AzBMh2S pic.twitter.com/OeOEtfrMCy
— Weightless Books (@WeightlessBooks) January 4, 2022
.@UncannyMagazine offers ebooks through their Patreon (https://t.co/zssvGeG5PG), yearly Kickstarters, Am*zon, Kobo, B&N and Google Play. pic.twitter.com/SecYHA9tb3
— Weightless Books (@WeightlessBooks) January 4, 2022
Continuing our thread on where else to get ebooks from our publishers if you’re in the UK or EU: @Lackingtons will have all their issues for sale on their own site and on gumroad even after they go on hiatus this spring: https://t.co/nHCzyxNwPu https://t.co/OihwnQQAUR pic.twitter.com/l7fFRY5KIL
— Weightless Books (@WeightlessBooks) January 10, 2022
Late addition to our thread on where to get ebooks from our publishers if you're in the EU or UK: @GalaxysEdgeMag readers can always buy issues directly from their website: https://t.co/QcOuptunxS (cover photo here is their March issue, out tomorrow!) pic.twitter.com/6r3CUOnAxb
— Weightless Books (@WeightlessBooks) February 28, 2022
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VAT Update – Closed to EU Orders
Tags: VATYou may have seen our announcement recently about having to close to orders from the UK due to VAT. Unfortunately things on that front are getting worse not better; new EU VAT rules, which took effect July 1st, require all businesses to collect, record, report and pay value-added tax on sales to customers within the EU, even on virtual goods like ebooks. This, unfortunately, is prohibitive for us. So users in the EU will no longer be able to complete orders with us. We are very sorry about this.
Housekeeping Update: VAT
Tags: VATWe’ve had to disable checkout for UK readers while we research the implications of Brexit. While ebooks are “zero-rated” (not taxed) we are checking to see if we’d still need to register with the UK HRMC (HM Revenue and Customs) and submit quarterly returns. Thank you for shopping Weightless, our apologies for having to do this, and we will update this further when we have more information.