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Message   August Abolins    Arelor   indie bookseller's day   April 30, 2023
 12:59 PM *  

Hello Arelor!

** On Sunday 30.04.23 - 06:50, Arelor wrote to August Abolins:

 A> I missed it, but it looks lie a promising post. Sort of
 A> what Iberlibro used to be before Amacrap bought it and
 A> ruined it. Thanks for posting.

It's in bookshop.org 's mandate to NEVER sell to Amacrap (A-n).

We'll see how far that goes. But two years running, and with  
greater awareness, the bookshop.org system is doing well.

A-n wants to eliminate the independently minded and any and all  
forms of alternative sources.

Meanhile, I've noticed that A-n has had fewer and fewer books  
qualifying for their usual "discounts".  And, many times I've  
seen totally incorrect HIGHER prices. Their retail prices can  
be artifically inflated too: eg. a book that is normally $20  
retail, they would "list" as $25, and then they would fudge the  
"discount" to make it appear that there is a greater discount  
than elsewhere - such as at an independent!

I've seen pocketbooks, that I can purchase at the published  
price of $11.99, listed at $20+ on A-n.

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