[HN Gopher] Thanks to Bookshop, indies stand a chance against Am... ___________________________________________________________________ Thanks to Bookshop, indies stand a chance against Amazon Author : fraXis Score : 21 points Date : 2020-04-03 19:59 UTC (3 hours ago) (HTM) web link (www.insidehook.com) (TXT) w3m dump (www.insidehook.com) | 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. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2020-04-03 23:00 UTC)