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I love reading, and for that reason, I love Amazon. I can get just about any book, shipped to my door, for free, in 2 days. A lot come overnight. Compared with getting in my car, driving to the bookstore, spending at least an hour, and coming out with 5 or 6 books I will never read, I love being able to shop online.
I agree the $9.99 wasn't the best thing. It certainly conditioned me. Now, I have a real problem paying over that. I think I mistakenly assumed that since Amazon was selling the books at $9.99, that is what they were worth. I need to work on changing that mindset.
Independent bookstores were great, just like independent yarn stores were a pleasure. But they went out of business. Just this last Saturday, I discovered I was missing a book in a set of knitting books. I went online to find it, decided to look at bestselling knitting books, and walked away with $200 of knitting books. Not all are coming in 2 days, and some are pre-orders, so I will get some nice surprises. If I had gone to a local yarnstore to get knitting books, I would only be able to look at the limited selection they had on hand.
Yes, internet sales taxes are coming. They are coming because Amazon has been so successful. An extra $20 on my bill, the price of a single book, isn't going to be a big deal. At least I hope it won't.
Great article. Thanks for posting it.
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