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That may be an option in the US, but in Europe Amazon is often the only option to get a technical paper book published in the US.
by yakubin 4y ago
That may be an option in the US, but in Europe Amazon is often the only option to get a technical paper book published in the US.
- openplatypus 4y agoGo direct to Manning or PragProg. Go directly to Apress. Fallback on ebooks.com. I am in Europe. Not using Amazon.
- input_sh 4y agoFor years I thought I wasn't using Amazon, finding this website called The Book Depository that offers free shipping to where I'm from (while Amazon charges ~$60). One day I randomly looked up who owns it. Amazon subsidiary since 2011. Amazon is mentioned zero times on the homepage, zero times on the about page, zero times in Terms & Conditions, and once in a random help article. So I've discovered I didn't go years without Amazon as I thought I did.
- nils-m-holm 4y agoI am in Europe and publish my books with Lulu Press. Works smoothly and royalties are fair. Not affiliated, just a happy customer. Some of my books are also available as ebooks, but I specifically avoid Amazon, because I dislike their DRM and their "cheap book" policy. $10 for a textbook? Come on.
- yakubin 4y agoMy phrasing was unfortunate. I didn't mean "getting a book published...", rather "buying a book, which was published..."