[Engaged] Supporting Local Bookshops

[Heiso]

In our ongoing attempts to wean ourselves off Amazon and do more to support local businesses especially at the moment, my wife found this site which enables you to order online via your local store. I just cancelled my Amazon order and re-ordered Jundo's book from here and there are US and UK versions from what I can see:

https://uk.bookshop.org/

Gassho,

heiso.

StLah

[Soka]

Oooh, good find. I've also been trying to rely less on Amazon, but also searching out alternatives to Apple, Google and Microsoft products too. (Although total avoidance of these companies seems impossible while using the internet)

Thank you for posting the link

Gassho,
Phill
sat

[David]

I found out about Bookshop when our local Indie book seller tweeted about it. I ordered Jundo’s book from the U.K. Bookshop site, it came a few days back. Bookshop costs more than Amazon, but I think it’s worth it.

[Meitou]

A couple of people I know, one of whom is a writer, have had problems with bookshop.org - some stories are emerging which suggest they may not be as ethical as they appear. Just a heads up if anyone is interested.
Gassho
Meitou
sattoday lah

[Jundo]

Yes, lovely. Thank you. Alas, Kindle and such seems to be a monopoly of Amazon.

Gassho, Jundo

STLah

[Tairin]

Yes, lovely. Thank you. Alas, Kindle and such seems to be a monopoly of Amazon.

Gassho, Jundo

STLah

If you want an alternative, Kobo is a very viable option instead of Kindle.


Tairin
Sat today and lah

[Heiso]

A couple of people I know, one of whom is a writer, have had problems with bookshop.org - some stories are emerging which suggest they may not be as ethical as they appear. Just a heads up if anyone is interested.
Gassho
Meitou
sattoday lah

Oh no, that is frustrating. Maybe we should ask the bookshops to order them in for us direct. Thanks for the heads up.

Gassho,

heiso.

StLah

[Jishin]

In our ongoing attempts to wean ourselves off Amazon and do more to support local businesses especially at the moment, my wife found this site which enables you to order online via your local store. I just cancelled my Amazon order and re-ordered Jundo's book from here and there are US and UK versions from what I can see:

https://uk.bookshop.org/

Gassho,

heiso.

StLah

Please consider that most people who have 401Ks own Amazon stock and if you don't support Amazon you don't support a lot of investors. You also don't support all the employees of Amazon. You also don't support the supply chain.

Amazon achieves economy of scale and does their job efficient and inexpensively liberating limited resources in our planet for better uses. The precept of not killing/wasting is applicable.

Gassho, Jishin, __/stlah\__

[Kokuu]

Amazon achieves economy of scale and does their job efficient and inexpensively

Sadly it achieves that partly through the well documented exploitation of its workforce.

Definitely good to look at all sides and consequences but let us not be blinkered on either side.

Gassho
Kokuu
-sattoday-

[Jishin]

Yes. People are never happy.

Gassho, Jishin, __/stlah\__

[Jundo]

Yes. People are never happy.

Gassho, Jishin, __/stlah\__

Labor conditions there are a concern, and there is very large market power that drives out small businesses such as book store owners. It is a concern, and I would not say it is only people complaining.

I usually don't make economic comments here.

Gassho, J

STLah

[Kokuu]

Yes. People are never happy.

That's samsara for you.

And capitalism.

Gassho
Kokuu
-sattoday-

[Jishin]

Labor conditions there are a concern, and there is very large market power that drives out small businesses such as book store owners. It is a concern, and I would not say it is only people complaining.

I usually don't make economic comments here.

Gassho, J

STLah

Yes. There is suffering everywhere and entrepreneurship is a brutal game that some chose to play.

Gassho, Jishin, __/stlah\__

PS:. Lots of lives have been saved by shopping online and avoiding Covid exposure recently.

[Heiso]

There's also the £90 or so million in tax they've avoided here, but I take your point.

Gassho,

heiso.

StLah

[Jishin]

There's also the £90 or so million in tax they've avoided here, but I take your point.

Gassho,

heiso.

StLah

Yes. We are all interconnected. Sales taxes avoided there are paid elsewhere either as sales taxes, dividend taxes, individual income taxes, property taxes, etc. Death and taxes are guarantees in life.

Gassho, Jishin, ST

PS: Taxes=Goverment