Amazon

[ZoeP]

Just read this article on the guardian website: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/jul/09/amazon-book-depository-takeover

So now I've gone off amazon a bit. Are there any decent alternatives that people know of?
And what do people think about the amazon takeover? is amazon one of the baddies?

[Firestorm]

Im not really surprised that they have taken over bookdepository - a lot of the books on Amazon Marketplace are sold by bookdepository (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/shops/storefront/index.html?ie=UTF8&marketplaceID=A1F83G8C2ARO7P&sellerID=AHRB2OK2Q2YCL). I dont know if they are baddies but they have done some questionable things in the past.
I use Bookkoob (http://www.bookkoob.co.uk/book/156924264X.htm) to find the best price for books - when you search for a book they list a load of different online retailers (bookfellas, sprint books, Waterstones, Foyles etc) you could try some of these.:)

[Glen Lambert]

Oh well, at least we can still go to good old bricks and mortar, high street bookshops like Waterstones and erm...Waterstones and oh yeah, Waterstones.

[Firestorm]

I'm really lucky if I travel 20 mins to Southport they have several (you might need to sit down to read this)..... Independent book shops:

Broadhursts (http://ckbroadhurst.co.uk/) - Very good (Terry Pratchet chose to do a book signing here)
Parkinsons (http://www.parki.co.uk/) - bit of an odd one but still good
There is also one in St. Helens called Wardleworths

Maybe you could try visiting some of these ZoeP?