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Buying the physical book from Amazon isn’t a great way to stick it to Bezos. Just have your local bookstore order it for you, it’s easy.
by mjhay 3mo ago
Buying the physical book from Amazon isn’t a great way to stick it to Bezos. Just have your local bookstore order it for you, it’s easy.
- b40d-48b2-979e 3mo agoOr just get it from your library. I rarely find myself re-visiting books, so that model is ideal to me.
- pyrale 3mo agoIf you want to stick it to Jeff, the best part is to give/lend/sell them once you've read them. Or even better, get them from the (public) library.
- bluefirebrand 3mo agoJeff doesn't care what you do after you've already given him the money though Yes, you prevent him from selling a copy to your friend, but he already has your money!
- Dumblydorr 3mo agoJeff doesn’t care what you do period. They’re in another plane, it’s some poor schmucks now with only a few million fighting for table scraps of the billionaires who don’t care.
- badgersnake 3mo agoCancel your prime is a good start.
- toomuchtodo 3mo agoWith regards to buying physical books, https://bookshop.org/ https://bookshop.org/ or https://betterworldbooks.com/ https://betterworldbooks.com/ are better options than Amazon imho if you're not going to buy from your local bookstore. Bookshop allows you to configure your local bookshop to receive a cut of your purchases from Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/pages/bookstores https://bookshop.org/pages/bookstores). The public library is of course an option as many mention, assuming they have the book in their inventory. You might also be able to check it out from https://openlibrary.org/ https://openlibrary.org/
- ah1508 3mo agoI agree, easy and much more pleasant. Walk down the street, go into the bookshop (which is by essence a place in 3D, much more pleasant than a screen), search for a book, find it, turn a few pages, chat with the seller or with someone else interested by a book you liked, buy the book you came for, and another one you did not plan to buy, stop somewhere to drink a coffee, open the first few pages, etc... How can a website reproduce this "quality of life" ?? No need to live like during covid and lockdowns. If you live 30 km away from the nearest bookshop (like I did for 4 years) a phone call to check if the book is available and order it if it is not. Never bought anything on amazon (don't want, don't need), and maybe 10 times online in the last 25 years for very specific stuff.
- dingaling 3mo ago> search for a book They don't have it, because they've limited shelf space and only stock popular books that are on best-seller lists. The History of Scruggs Biplanes 1907-1919 isn't one of them.
- mjhay 3mo agoI assure you they would be more than happy to order it for you.
- unparagoned 3mo agoIt’s pretty much impossible to buy half the books I want.