Alternatives to Amazon (please update!) #amazonfail

So today there has been a major storm over Amazon’s weird decision to remove the Amazon rank of books related to themes of GLBT sexuality, feminism, or sex education. There’s up to the minute updates (and flailing) through the Twitter hashtag #amazonfail and I particularly like Jezebel’s roundup of related links.

I like Amazon as a resource, and have kept extensive wishlists on there, though I’ve never really bought anything because shipping wasn’t very reasonable. There were some mentions of Amazon alternatives scattered around the Internet, but no collective resource, so I decided to start my own.

Fill up the Alternatives to Amazon Google Form

List of Alternatives to Amazon

Please share these links (those above, and to this post) and fill up the form! Hopefully this will be of help to anyone seeking other sources of books.

Comments

1. My favourite online book store is http://www.bookdepository.co.uk. The Book Depository are usually cheaper than Amazona and their shipping is fast AND free – via Royal Mail from London. I’ve never had to wait longer than 5 working days for a book. I also recommend comparing book prices through http://www.booko.com.au

   — Kathleen · Apr 13, 07:50 PM · #

2. Slightly different, but you get the idea:

   http://www.paperbackswap.com

   — Jeff · Apr 18, 11:17 PM · #