Last month, the French parliament took a strong stand in favor of small book retailers. The governing body voted in favor of a proposed law to ban major online book retailers—including Amazon and the French retailer FNAC—from offering free delivery on book orders. The logic here is evident: hit consumers in the pocketbook, and they'll be more inclined to shop local. English language French-news site France 24 reported at the time that the country had "one of the highest number of traditional book shops in the world—with a total of 3,500, of which around 800 are single independent businesses" (that's compared to about 1,000 total in the UK).

Amazon, at least, has not taken this situation lying down. The free delivery law took effect on July 8, and FranceCain and Abel, your sibling
squabbles probably don't run as deep as they
do for Oasis' Noel and Liam Gallagher.
The two have apparently barely gotten along
since childhood, making it a small miracle
they formed a band in the first place.
Within a few years, their infighting had overshadowed
their music, with incidents like Liam hitting
Noel with a tambourine during a show, Liam
accusing Noel of fathering a child outside
marriage, Liam regularly leaving during shows
only to be found somewhere drinking instead
— you know, maybe we're starting to see
who's the instigator here.
.....we don't like each other, man."
And by all accounts, Liam also started the
2009 blowup that led to Noel quitting the
band and the brothers finally splitting for
good.
Apparently, Liam had canceled an important
gig but managed to blame it on Noel.
Tempers flared, and Liam did the one thing
you