Comments on: Buying Books and Feeling Good About It https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/10/buying-books-and-feeling-good-about-it/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Fri, 20 Oct 2023 01:07:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Catherine https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/10/buying-books-and-feeling-good-about-it/#comment-292770 Fri, 20 Oct 2023 01:07:46 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=17920#comment-292770 In reply to susan.

For me it’s not audio, but the stranglehold Amazon has on e-books. Thank God, for the library.

]]> By: susan https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/10/buying-books-and-feeling-good-about-it/#comment-292759 Tue, 17 Oct 2023 13:39:16 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=17920#comment-292759 Bookshop sounds good to me. Thx for explaining about it. Now about those audios …

]]> By: Catherine https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/10/buying-books-and-feeling-good-about-it/#comment-292753 Mon, 16 Oct 2023 00:27:26 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=17920#comment-292753 In reply to Lisa’s Yarns.

Lucky you! What fun that must have been.

I’m the same way, the majority of my books come from the library.

]]> By: Catherine https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/10/buying-books-and-feeling-good-about-it/#comment-292752 Mon, 16 Oct 2023 00:26:13 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=17920#comment-292752 In reply to Laila.

Oh, I’m not completely innocent. It’s impossible not to shop Amazon. My standard is to look for whatever it is locally and only if I can’t find it at any other store or online shop will I buy it. And never books, but I’m lucky to live somewhere with great libraries and stores.

]]> By: Catherine https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/10/buying-books-and-feeling-good-about-it/#comment-292718 Mon, 09 Oct 2023 00:52:59 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=17920#comment-292718 In reply to Gayle Weiswasser.

Oh, no! In the About section of their site I saw (Under Buy A Book): “Your order will be filled by our distributor and the full profit from your purchase will sent to the bookstore you’ve selected” and believed it. I thought that’s why they’re a non-profit–was I being too naive?

]]> By: Laila https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/10/buying-books-and-feeling-good-about-it/#comment-292717 Sun, 08 Oct 2023 15:27:07 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=17920#comment-292717 Good on you for including the Bookshop.org link. They’re great. I give Bezos enough of my money with other products, unfortunately.

]]> By: Lisa’s Yarns https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/10/buying-books-and-feeling-good-about-it/#comment-292712 Sat, 07 Oct 2023 21:08:47 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=17920#comment-292712 I totally get that you can hate Amazon but still need the affiliate revenue. I am glad that places like Bookshop.org! I have used them before and it’s really slick! I don’t buy books often as I almost exclusively read ebooks from the library. So when I do buy a book, I try to get it from an Indie. I am planning to visit Parnassus Books next Friday when I am in the Nashville area for work! I’m so excited to see it with my own eyes! I also really want to go to The Bookshelf in Thomasville, GA!

]]> By: Gayle Weiswasser https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/10/buying-books-and-feeling-good-about-it/#comment-292711 Sat, 07 Oct 2023 18:06:22 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=17920#comment-292711 Hi! My understanding is that the indies get a 30% commission on books sold through Bookshop, which is less than the commission they get on sales through their stores. Not sure if that is every sale or the ones that are done though a particular bookstore account on Bookshop. Either way, it’s a great option if you can’t buy directly from an indie.

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