Bezos in Paris to launch Amazon.fr

PARIS -- Amazon.com Inc. (amzn) CEO Jeff Bezos visited here this week to mark Thursday's official launch of Amazon.fr, but the e-retailing giant faces some hurdles as it opens for business in France -- namely a law forbidding the sale of books discounted more than 5 percent from their fixed price. But Bezos, the master of the quick quip, remains undaunted. Full story (in French). -- Jerome Thorel, ZDNet France