Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 16:00:32 -0800
From: "Senex R. Rupicapra" <olgoat-AT-kdsi.net>
Subject: Re: amazon and anarchism


Scott Spaeth saith:
> 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 
> 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,

	when y're out in the tullies and yr only bookstore
is a Waldensbooks (and a poor one at that), y catch as catch
can.  even tho i be a slow reader, i'm even more o a book nut 
than a gun nut.  i have bought many books off the net.  no 
more disappointments than when i buy 'em in stores.  prices 
about the same.  mebbe a little more for postage, but i usually
get 'em quicker than when i order thru the locals. the afore-
mentioned horrifying NOW incident wherein i lost my self-respect
happened at the Women and Children First Bookstore in Chicago.
so everthing i be today i owe to books (and a bygone dose o the
syphillis, for which they now have a cure, thank Nietzsche.)

	old (always wear a raincoat and galoshes) goat.
	happiness sought is never to be found.
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