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 - there are capitalist corporations in every country, including this on - but with everyone moaning "recession, recession!" it doesn't make sense to spend my money on a company that's not even contributing to the UK economy by paying its taxes... grrr!

Paperbacks are real books! I've always been reluctant to buy hardbacks to be honest, just cos they're so much more expensive, as well as being heavier to hold when you're curled up in bed at night! *g*

I do the isbn thing sometimes, but I'd rather have a trusted company that I'd know were working in the best interests of people, not just of their own profit... This one looks decent, for example, courtesy of the Hag: http://www.betterworldbooks.com/