From: "Andy" <as-AT-spelthorne.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: reading material
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 08:53:30 +0100


>> but you can get the stuff through Amazon
>
>Ah, anh, ah, we should kick you in the ass for suggesting the use of
>Amazon.
>
>Please buy books from your local anarchist bookstore, or have them
>special order. If you don't have a store nearby, order online from AK
>Press or Left Bank Books.
>
>Besides, we have people on this list who can't exactly afford the FedEx
>shipping charge if they live outside the U.S.
>
>Another besides, you really don't save any money by shopping at Amazon.
>
>One of the principles of anarchy is to support our own first!

Absolutely - I've slapped my own wrists................but we are talking
about new entrants. Don't we lure them in with the familiar; look on it as a
capitalistic loss leader like sliced bread. OK start buying from Amazon but
having established brand loyalty vis a vis subversive texts, they'll move
onto the book stores.


Andy