Really good points! I definitely support the indie bookstores, and have been exclusively using them around my area for quite some time (only wish I was doing t

Really good points! I definitely support the indie bookstores, and have been exclusively using them around my area for quite some time (only wish I was doing this sooner, how dumb was I before to be using amazon so much). They may not typically have books that I am interested in, technical books, but I do use the web to find those and all the stores support ordering books online that I then can pick up in the store. Though the price is typically more than amazon's, but it's worth it to me. I do enjoy the curation that they have at the shops, and it is great to find a book that I probably would have not have found otherwise. I also would like to support small businesses over larger corporations, because to your last paragraph, I also think it's important of part of that supply chain to reap the benefits of their labor (the store owner) and have more creativity and autonomy over what they do. So, I wouldn't want to support Bookshop (and especially amazon when it comes to books), and would rather just support my local bookstore which can do everything that Bookshop or amazon can do. Not sure why we would want a middle layer that takes most of the money and then gives money out to stores like charity.