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Originally Posted by Catlady
My experience has been that Amazon often does have the lowest price on mass market paperbacks, but it's not significantly lower--a few cents, not a few bucks. I tended to buy paperbacks at Amazon only if I was making another purchase and needed to hit the free-shipping minimum. Otherwise, paperbacks were mainly impulse buys at BN or Borders. I'm a bargain shopper most of the time, but not for paperbacks--it's just not cost-effective for me.
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I hear you. I don't mind spending a couple of extra bucks to help keep a local business going, but I find nonfiction trade paperbacks at Amazon for $5 or $6+ less each than what Borders sells 'em for. When you buy several at a time, that quickly adds up. It makes Amazon hard to beat, especially when you get free shipping, pay no tax, don't have to drive anywhere, and can shop at your own convenience.