[HN Gopher] Thanks to Bookshop, indies stand a chance against Am...
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       Thanks to Bookshop, indies stand a chance against Amazon
        
       Author : fraXis
       Score  : 21 points
       Date   : 2020-04-03 19:59 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | WorldMaker wrote:
       | How does it differ from previous IndieBound efforts?
        
       | dahdum wrote:
       | Cool concept, but the books I compared were 20-50% higher than
       | Amazon, and they charge another $3.50 to ship in 7-10 days.
        
         | throwaway_pdp09 wrote:
         | Haven't read the article but like what you say, I tried to get
         | a book from waterstones, a UK bookshop on my high street. I
         | don't mind paying 20% or 25% extra as I don't like amazon and I
         | do want to support local bookshops but when they cost that much
         | more and they don't have it in stock and can't tell me when
         | they will get it in, I say screw you and go with amazon.
        
         | jfim wrote:
         | Amazon typically sells books below MSRP, whereas it seems that
         | Bookshop sells at MSRP (ie. the same price that you'd buy the
         | book in a brick and mortar book store).
        
       | teruakohatu wrote:
       | So this turns bookstores into super affiliates? Also while
       | sharing a pool of secondary affiliate revenue.
       | 
       | I am a heavy user of Amazon's Abebooks. When I buy from there
       | bookstores get 92% of the revenue, and bear the costs.
       | 
       | Surely a model like this for new books is better than
       | bookstore.org model?
        
       | ilamont wrote:
       | This is an interesting concept. Fulfillment is handled through
       | wholesaler Ingram, which works if the book is in Ingram's
       | catalogue, but not for titles gathering dust on the shelves or in
       | a back room.
       | 
       | Also, my experience with shipping via Ingram is it's slower.
       | 
       | Certainly not an Amazon (books) killer, but it certainly gives an
       | option to indie bookstores which can't bother with their own
       | website.
        
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