[LMB] Bookstores may be doomed?

[Azalais Aranxta]

On Sun, 2 Dec 2007, Ed Burkhead wrote:

> I've the thought that browsing is a very important part of book
> buying and I still think of book stores as my personal candy
> store.  But, it's true that I'm doing 80%+ of my book browsing
> on http://amazon.com.
>
> This, too, is a disturbing thought.

It is. And yet...Amazon discounts things, and you get free
shipping for anything over $25.  So it becomes an economic
issue--particularly with writers I want to buy new and in
hardback to support them, instead of used or remaindered.

The free shipping is the killer--otherwise shipping would kill
the discount factor.  And on top of that, I can often get new
books even cheaper on eBay--new books--but still go to Amazon
because the eBay shipping equalises the price, and Amazon never
flakes out on me.

~malfoy :/

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