Nossmirg t1_j2emovl wrote
Reply to comment by Fr0gm4n in Friendly reminder bookshop.org exists. by smita16
Amazon owns them, but at least you are still buying from actual book shops, so they benefit.
unklethan t1_j2eppzx wrote
I worked as the store manager of an indie shop for a few years after running their online store by myself.
Abe hardly benefits the actual book shops. It's crowded with megasellers, just like Amazon is. I would say half of listings on both sites are by HalfPriceBooks or Goodwill. Most sellers who move over 1,000 books a year online will use an automatic listing service like Neatoscan that posts on Amazon and Abe (and like 10 other sites) at the same time.
If you want to benefit actual book stores, buy from their website, call them and buy over the phone, or go visit them in person. Bookshop gets an honorable mention, because they share 30% of the profits with the book store while hosting the site and storing the books and doing the shipping. It's incredibly generous.
Nossmirg t1_j2eqff7 wrote
Good to know, thank you.
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