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Originally Posted by Razi
Aesthetics, my friend, aesthetics matter. It is a step backwards in that respect. Ever heard of frontlist.com? It used to be my favorite site for buying books. Amazon bought it and it does not exist any more. They specialized in a certain type of scholarly books. Those books have disappeared in the huge pile of Amazon junk now. Ever heard of bookpages.co.uk? Same happened to them as well. We are losing diversity in the book market. Ebook market will go the same way with the arrival of the greedy giant. Then there are issues surrounding the DRM etc, things too complicated for innocent sheeple. I'll leave it at that!
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Listen, little man. You haven't lived long enough to use that condescending tone with with me. Go pound your head against a wall and wail about the poor little bookstores swallowed by the big nasty giant. We have the same problem here with WalMart......they swallow the little stores because they offer lower prices and wider selection......which is obviously what people want. Same with books. It may take a little more work than you are used to, but you can find what you want if you try hard enough. Maybe it isn't instantly available, but its there. And as for the 'newbie' remark? Everyone was new at one time....even you. Get over your techie self.