Shipping and payment: North- and South America

We ship all products  within USA free of shipping costs - that means also without costs for packaging and shipping insurance.

For deliveries outside USA, shipping costs will be charged according to the table below.

Delivery country Shipping costs
Canada  USD 14.95
Central, Latin and South American countries   USD 49.95

 Magazine subscriptions start retroactively at the beginning of each year and the prices include packaging and shipping.

There are generally no shipping charges for e-books, databases, and other downloads.

Sales Tax: North- and South America

All prices exclude sales tax

Shipping and payment: Rest of World

We ship all products with the exception of magazines within Germany free of shipping costs - that means also without costs for packaging and shipping insurance.

For deliveries outside Germany, shipping costs will be charged according to the table below.

Delivery country Shipping costs
AustriaEUR   4,95*
All other European countries EUR 14,95*
Outside Europe EUR 34,95
*for EU member states incl. VAT
 

Please refer to the respective product detail page for shipping costs for magazine subscriptions. Shipping costs for subscriptions taken out during the year are calculated on a pro-rata basis. Magazine subscriptions outside Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Liechtenstein start retroactively at the beginning of each year.

There are generally no shipping charges for e-books, databases, and other downloads.

VAT calculation: Rest of World

All prices in Germany are inclusive of VAT (7% for books and magazines, 19% for other items).
For delivery to countries outside Germany, please refer to these tables for the calculation of VAT::

 VAT calculation outside Germany  Austria  Switzerland  EU countries without Austria Other countries 
 Product   Books incl. 10% 0% incl. 5% 0%
CDs/DVDs incl. 20% 0% incl. 16% 0%
Journals incl. 10% 0% incl. 5% 0%
Other products incl. 20% 0% incl. 16% 0%
E-Books incl. 10% 0% See table VAT rates for e-books in EU countries 0%
Databases incl. 10% 0% See table VAT rates for databases in EU countries 0%
Shipping costs books incl. 10% 0% incl. 5% 0%
Shipping costs CDs/DVDs incl. 20% 0% incl. 16% 0%
Shipping costs journals incl. 10% 0% incl. 5% 0%
Shipping costs other products incl. 20% 0% incl. 16% 0%