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Originally Posted by shalym
But see, I would bet that Overdrive (and thus, the libraries) have some sort of a contract with Hachette (and other publishers) so that they can guarantee that the book will be available upon publication. Amazon doesn't have that with Hachette.
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Neither do local bookstores that put aside copies in advance on request.
There is no guarantee when you order a book before release that it will actually be published on time, or ever. This is true, contract or no contract.
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Originally Posted by shalym
Well, I don't live in the Seattle Metro area, but a lot of my family does, and they all love Amazon.
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As customers? I don't deny that part of the poll. But do Seattleites in the know really say that Amazon is a better place to work than the other comparable tech employer, Microsoft?