Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 15:03:47 -0600
From: Sandi & Scott Spaeth <vespags-AT-stlnet.com>
Subject: Re: amazon and anarchism


At 06:53 PM 2/9/99 +0000, mokey dokey wrote:

>
>putting for one side the ethical issues of buying from a company like
>amazon, what do you anarchos think about online bookbuying?  cos i just
>don't get the deal at all.  i mean, i love going into bookshops and talking
>to the staff and the like. 


I like to buy my books impulse-style, so online shopping is out for me.
But then thanks to Borders buying the best independent bookstore in St.
Louis (Library Ltd.), I now have my choice between evil corporate giant
Borders or evil corporate giant Barnes & Noble.  There are a goodly number
of independent bookstores here, but they cater primarily to the
SF/Romance/Horror/Western crowds.  As far as I can tell, I'm in a lose/lose
situation until I finally get the courage to open a radical bookstore myself.

Cheers,
Scott
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