Book Depository sold out - did everyone else know this?

[byslantedlight]

Just... waaaaah! Apparently Book Depository was taken over by Amazon a year ago - how did I miss that news? I've been using it as my alternative-to-Amazon online bookshop for ages now... I buy from actual shops whenever I can, but parking in Cambridge is such a bugger that I'm in town a lot less often these days, and I do buy books online... I buy from Amazon too, because sometimes it's effectively the only way, but Book Depository was my seller of choice - especially when I read about Amazon's tax avoidance, even of what little money presumably doesn't go to the American over-company in the first place...

So... well now what? Does anyone else have an alternative to the big corporative giants? AbeBooks is also owned by Amazon... I'm currently eyeing Foyles as a possibility - still apparently independently owned, and paying its UK tax, and of course when I'm in London it's on the way back to the train station I use, and I like the store... Has anyone else mail-ordered from Foyles?

Any ideas? Or is everyone all kindled-up, and I'm the last lj-er to care...?

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Lol - I know, my books are mostly in storage at the moment - in fact this week I'll be piling them all in a corner to see how many boxes there actually are...

The difference to me is often whether one place treats people badly compared to another, and I thought that Book Depository was the latter rather than the former... but I shall find a better alternative now, if I can!

(And yeay for real books!)