Hello!
On December 13th, there is a new regulation taking effect in the EU called General Product Safety Regulations (GPSR). It pertains to all goods coming into the EU unless someone has an EU-based appointee to be a point of contact on these new safety measures. There are many things which are unclear, like what this means for products like books and what enforcement will look like. Compliance involves having a point-of-contact in the EU to address any questions or concerns that come up with regards to compliance. There is a possibility that I will have a point-of-contact, but that will not be until the new year. In order to avoid fines due to this regulation, I will have to stop selling to the EU starting on December 10th.
This is really disappointing and discouraging as I've shipped a few books to Europe before and I know I have readers there, but until I know it's less fraught to do so, EU shipping will be paused after that Tuesday.
Thank you for understanding!
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Totally understand this! Here's hoping the new regulations won't be as strict as they seem with the limited information currently available. Will keep an eye out for future updates on this (and your book releases in general). <3
Thank you so much! It's equally frustrating because you can get the same book from a local retailer printed locally, but once it's shipped from the US (where I live), suddenly it's a problem. One of my friends is collecting information and as soon as I know things, so will folks here <3