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As far as paper books are concerned a bricks and mortar bookshop is worth supporting if its staff are friendly and helpful and their collection is good, or if it is merely the sort of place where you find books you didn't know you wanted until you saw them, ie a shop with a good back-catalogue.
Few Australian retail bookshops make the cut, although the best on both counts is Glebebooks in Sydney. I have no sympathy for the big chains, but plenty for small booksellers and good used book shops.
For general paper-book buying I go to the excellent and cheap online store known as The Book Depository, which kills Amazon on price and delivery speed.
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