All customers within the EU have to pay the German VAT of 19% respectively 7% for books,
According to § 4.1, No 1 a UStG we ship to the following countries without VAT:

A
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Azerbaijan

B
Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burundi

C
Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China. People's Republic, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba

D
Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic

E
East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia

F
Falkland Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia

G
Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea-Equatorial, Guyana (British), Guyana (French)

H
Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong

I
Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Israel

J
Jamaica, Japan, Jersey, Jordan

K
Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan

L
Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein

M
Macau, Macedonia. Republic of, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Moldova. Republic Of, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar

N
Namibia, Nauru. Republic Of, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Norway

O
Oman

P
Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn Island

Q
Qatar

R
Reunion. Island Of, Russian Federation. The, Rwanda

S
Saint Helena, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Switzerland, Syria

T
Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu

U
Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States Of America, Uruguay, Uzbekistan

V
Vanuatu, Vatican City, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virgin Islands (British)

W
Wallis and Futuna

Y
Yemen

Z
Zambia, Zimbabwe