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I don't think its fair to say that "it isn't good for anyone." I remember buying books before Borders, the big Barnes & Nobles and Amazon. It sucked. The sel
by JackFr 13y ago
I don't think its fair to say that "it isn't good for anyone." I remember buying books before Borders, the big Barnes & Nobles and Amazon. It sucked. The selection was poor, it was impossible to order, because it was very hard to know what was available.
I even used order books by mail order. (In particular Dover published a catalog which had a lot of their math and science reprints. You'd fill in an order form and send it with a check through the mail; 4-6 weeks later your books would arrive.)
The current situation for the consumer is much better.
- ceedan 13y agoAgreed, book publishers need to work on their marketing and sales. If they were able to target their audience more directly and efficiently, they wouldn't need to rely on Amazon. No Starch Press (nostarchpress.com) did a fine job selling "Learn You Some Erlang for Great Good!" (and their other programming titles) without Amazon.com
- Spooky23 13y agoAgreed. Too sweeping of a statement. I should have said "in the long run, it isn't good for anyone". I used to camp alot in the Adirondacks in upstate NY. There was one grocery store that was basically the only store in a 50 mile radius. Guess what? The store hours sucked, and milk was $4/half gallon. Even now, it's difficult to resolve situations with Amazon -- good luck figuring out how to contact a human to resolve a complex problem.