If you place your order online, in our webshop, the prices shown there are valid. In this case, there is no need to read further. This section explains prices for orders placed otherwise. Our price policies are simple and clear. If the customer knows the publisher's list price, he/she can easily make a rough calculation of our prices also.
Of course we are always ready to give a price quotation if required.
Book prices are solely based on the country where they are published. Other data carrier prices depend on the publisher: whether it is a professional one or not. These are detailed below.
Pricing is valid when an order is picked up personally in our office, or in one of the Prospero Partner Points. Delivery to door is further cost. Please check home delivery fees here
Please note that publisher's list prices might change. The exchange rate of HUF might also change. These changes can alter prices slightly.
Please note that we only amend exchange rate of HUF, when the changes are above 2-3%, to avoid daily price alterations.
We reserve the right to modify our pricing policy with prior notice to our current customers, although no such changes are planned in the near future.
1st category: books published in Great Britain, USA and Germany, plus in certain cases, books published by major publishing houses from elsewhere (we are happy to provide information on the latter). Spanish books available in our internet bookshop are also in this category.
Pricing:
Publisher's list price converted to HUF (at the foreign exchange rate valid on the invoice date), plus 5% VAT.
We apply pre-publication and introductory prices, but we do not apply member prices of association publications. We do not apply sale prices. When a publisher runs a sale, please ask for a price quotation to avoid misunderstandings. Please note that the above pricing also does not apply to loose-leaf publications and non-print publications either. For such publications we usually apply this pricing (even if they are published by a professional publisher). If you want to order such items, please ask for a price quotation.
Self-publishing books are not part of this category. Please see the 3rd category. Please note such books are not present in our internet bookshop.
For printed non-book materials and other data carriers please see this paragraph.
2nd category: books published in Italy, Spain and France. (Please note that Spanish books available in our internet bookshop belong in the 1st category.)
Pricing:
Publisher's list price converted to HUF (at the foreign exchange rate valid on the invoice date), plus international shipping charges plus 5% VAT.
International shipping charges cannot be calculated in advance, as it mainly depends on weight. Please note that Spanish shipping charges are very high.
For printed non-book materials and other data carriers please see this paragraph.
We apply pre-publication and introductory prices, but we do not apply member prices of association publications. We also do not apply sale prices. When a publisher runs a sale, please ask for a price quotation to avoid misunderstandings. Please note that the above pricing does not apply to loose-leaf publications and non-print publications either. For such publications we usually apply this pricing (even if they are published by a professional publisher). If you want to order such items, please ask for a price quotation.
3rd category: books published elsewhere.
Pricing: For books of other origin our pricing policy is less strict. If it is very costly to obtain a book, we calculate the total price with international shipping charges, bank transfer (up to 7000 HUF), and 0-25% handling charges. Books from outside the EU might also be subject to customs charges. International shipping charges cannot be calculated in advance, as it mainly depends on weight.
Self-publishing books – regardless of the place of publication – belong to this category.
Please ask for a price quotation to avoid misunderstandings.
Please note that a number of remarkable international publishers (eg. Kluwer, Birkhäuser, Karger) belong in the 1st category even if they are not based in any of the countries listed there.
I. Products of professional publishers (other than books)
1st category: products published in Great Britain, USA and Germany, plus in certain cases, products published in Austria or Switzerland, or by major publishers from elsewhere (we are happy to provide information on the latter).
Pricing:
Publisher's list price converted to HUF (at the foreign exchange rate valid on the invoice date), plus 5% VAT (for CD-ROMs it is 27% VAT).
We apply pre-publication and introductory prices prices, but we do not apply member prices of association publications. We also do not apply sale prices. When a publisher runs a sale, please ask for a price quotation to avoid misunderstandings.
2nd category: products published in Italy, Spain and France. (Please note that Spanish publications available in our internet bookshop belong in the 1st category.)
Pricing:
Publisher's list price converted to HUF (at the foreign exchange rate valid on the invoice date), plus international shipping charges plus 5% VAT (for CD-ROMs it is 27% VAT). International shipping charges cannot be calculated in advance, as it mainly depends on weight. Please note that Spanish shipping charges are very high.
II. Products of non-professional publishers (other than books)
This category includes CD-ROMs, DVDs and other data carriers of institutions, associations regardless of the place of publishing. Catalogues, brochures, conference materials, scores, patents, loose leafs and various others special products (even if their publisher is a professional one) also fall under this category.
If it is very costly to obtain a product we calculate the total price with international shipping charges, bank transfer (up to 7000 HUF), and 0-25% handling charges. Items from outside the EU might also be subject to customs charges. International shipping charges cannot be calculated in advance, as it mainly depends on weight.
Please ask for a price quotation to avoid misunderstandings.
