Shipping and payment

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 plus VAT
(7% for books and magazines, 19% for other articles.
In Austria: plus 5% for books, 10% for magazines and 20% for other items).
 

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

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%
 VAT calculation for e-books in EU countries (without Austria)
 Country    Luxembourg incl. 3%
Italy, Spain incl. 4%
Latvia, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovenia incl. 5%
France incl. 5,5%
Belgium, Portugal, Sweden incl. 6%
Ireland, Netherlands incl. 9%
Czech Republic, Finland incl. 10%
Croatia incl. 13%
Cyprus incl. 19%
Bulgaria, Estonia, Slovakia, United Kingdom incl. 20%
Lithuania incl. 21%
Greece incl. 24%
Denmark incl. 25%
Hungary incl. 27%
 VAT calculation for databases in EU countries (without Austria)
 Country     Luxembourg incl. 3%
Spain incl. 4%
Malta, Slovenia incl. 5%
Portugal incl. 6%
Ireland incl. 9%
Czech Republic incl. 10%
Croatia incl. 13%
Romania, Cyprus incl. 19%
Bulgaria, Estonia, France, Slovakia, United Kingdomincl. 20%
Belgium, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands incl. 21%
Italy incl. 22%
Poland incl. 23%
Greece, Finland incl. 24%
Denmark, Sweden incl. 25%
Hungary incl. 27%