NP - Need books, but not from Amazon

[Antonin Scriabin]

John, was it this
<http://www.slate.com/articles/business/the_edgy_optimist/2014/09/independent_bookstores_rising_they_can_t_compete_with_amazon_and_don_t_have.html>
?

A second vote for Better World Books.

And a friendly reminder that Abe Books is a subsidiary of Amazon.

On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 8:18 AM, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:

> Heard the other day (maybe on this list?) that indie bookstores in the
> US are on the upswing and that the decline reversed around five years
> ago. Worth looking local?
>
> In any case, Dave Monroe is probably your go-to guy for this question!
>
> On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 9:16 PM, Matt Ryan <matthew.ryan at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Better World Books. Free shipping worldwide.
> >
> >
> > 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>
> >> > 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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