The other day I went in to check a bookstore, and it was run by an unabashed fan of bolshevism and FARC. I got the feeling that if this guy ran my country, I wo

The other day I went in to check a bookstore, and it was run by an unabashed fan of bolshevism and FARC. I got the feeling that if this guy ran my country, I would probably be killed by the state. I've seen other bookstores which at least have a quiet librarian, but frankly I don't know how half the bookstores in Toronto stay afloat. Amazon has way more selection, including cross-listings from self publishers (which for some obscure topics and authors, is the only way). They don't try to bundle a communist manifesto with your order, and they actually list some details about the book which even somebody who's read it might have missed. One thing I maybe miss a little is being able to feel and see the print quality of the book in advance, but I think that's more a matter of bias than a judgement of the quality of the contained words.