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Re:Reasons Not to Buy from Amazon, According to Richard Stal... by mark_l_watson on Friday August 30, 2019 @08:56PM (#20843995)
I agree with Richard, in almost every point he makes about Amazon.

Still, I find myself using Amazon a lot for reasons of convenience. I do try to buy locally when possible, buy books directly from their source, and for digital content purchasing, at least split my business to Amazon, Google, and Apple.

It is wanting to do the right thing vs. sometimes saving money and also more convenience.

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Re:Reasons Not to Buy from Amazon, According to Richard Stal... by TrinaryWorksToo on Saturday August 31, 2019 @12:57AM (#20844673)
Have you tried ebooks.com ?
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Re:Reasons Not to Buy from Amazon, According to Richard Stal... by orangetang on Saturday August 31, 2019 @02:27AM (#20844905)
Have you been to your local library lately? I was spurred to sign up from a post I saw on here, and it’s actually surprising how good the quality of content is. Plus I save a ton of money on purchasing books AND support the community. Definitely check it out if you haven’t!
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Re:Reasons Not to Buy from Amazon, According to Richard Stal... by jborichevskiy on Saturday August 31, 2019 @05:45PM (#20848967)
For anyone unfamiliar with borrowing ebooks and audiobooks from U.S. libraries which use Libby (aka Overdrive) this is a wonderful blog post explaining how to get started. It's even easier than it looks and has saved me hundreds of dollars at this point - I highly recommend it!

https://www.charlieharrington.com/borrowing-library-books-fo...

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Re:Reasons Not to Buy from Amazon, According to Richard Stal... by mark_l_watson on Saturday August 31, 2019 @05:03AM (#20845308)
Indeed I do use my local library. I mostly borrow eBooks, and sometimes physical books and rarely DVDs. I also use my library to escape my home office for a different place to put my head down and work.
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