NP - Need books, but not from Amazon

Matt Ryan matthew.ryan at gmail.com
Fri Sep 19 06:16:31 CDT 2014


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On Friday, September 19, 2014, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> Powell's is in bed with them. Order many a new book and it will come in an
> Amazon box, sub sourced. Just FYI.
>
> Whaddya think of B & N? Now struggling as they prepare to die slowly.
>
> will any indie store pay shipping if you have to pay full price?
>
> Some publishers slowly---Amazon has threatened them for over a
> decade---are building a direct shipping operation.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Sep 19, 2014, at 5:09 AM, matthew cissell <mccissell at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >
> > Hello P-list,
> >
> >    I have grown tired of MR. Bezos and his Amazon empire. The row with
> book publishers got my gizzard but the realization that I was getting
> screwed on Shipping and Handling pushed me over the edge.
> >
> >  so my question: How do you good folk buy books through if you want to
> avoid the Bezos-constrictor? Which ones have a good record? Powell's?
> Abe's? Looking for some help on this one. Many thanks.
> >
> > El hijo de Sancho Panza
> > aka Otis
> -
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