Support your independent bookseller

[msmemory_archive]

But at what price? I'm not sure I'm ready to support my independent bookseller charging me $30 more for a book, plus tax, than Amazon does.

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[helwen.livejournal.com]

Yikes! OTOH, I do like to poke around the used bookstores sometimes. For new books I usually go through Barnes & Noble (because they don't force POD people to use propriety software), and for used I either go through them or Alibris, which at least supports some independent booksellers somewhere...

[metageek.livejournal.com]

POD?

[msmemory.livejournal.com]

Print On Demand

[metageek.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

[helwen.livejournal.com]

Sorry about that -- Print On Demand. Like Lulu.com.

Re: Amazon -- Amazon created their own POD service, which isn't quite as easy to use or as good quality as Lulu. They then insisted that POD authors use their service if they wanted Amazon to sell their books.

[metageek.livejournal.com]

Of course they did. Sigh.