This price war between Amazon and Sprawlmart is ridiculous. I know these are tough times but discounting books to under 10 dollars is only going to help those two companies bottom lines. It won't help the publisher, the new untried authors just waiting in the wings to wow you and most of all it will hurt the small indie bookstores like ours. We can't discount the way the chains do but the way they sell books they might as well be selling fast food. The only interaction you get is at the till where they try to up-sell you their discount program.
Indies all over the country are struggling and they provide a much better customer experience. We greet our customers, if they are repeat customers we often greet them by name. We recommend books based on our having read them not because the buyer at head office likes them. We are passionate about matching books with customers and we always want to know what you thought of our recommendations. We have a discount program and ours doesn't cost you a cent. So please after reading this post find out if you still have an indie bookstore in your part of the world and if you do - visit it - get to know the people who live and work in your community and after numerous visits you may even become friends. Give a giftcard from an indie bookstore (indiebound is valid at indies all over the country)
Use us or lose us.
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