Fellow posters, I'm lucky enough to have some money and also some books I want to read. In the past, I've bought books on Amazon, but I don't really feel good about doing that. I live in the rural American north, and dont have a lot of nearby bookstores. Plus IDK if I want to do lots of shopping during a pandemic.
Does anyone have any preferred/ethical ways to buy books online?
Sure, sure, piracy is good, but I really don't like ebooks.
https://www.betterworldbooks.com/ for used books. Their prices are good and buying used is a lot less wasteful. They also donate books to nonprofits.
bookshop.org received a heap of press
lastthis year for being like amazon-killer for local bookstores. They seem pretty good and have similar prices/delivery to amazonFunny that Amazon is supposed to be a book store.
Idk I love my Kindle + calibre & Library genesis for sourcing material. Feels good hiding behind TOR & grabbing piles of reading material with some hope of not getting murdered by the thought police in 10 years
it's still good, at least in germany. use it all the time.
EDIT: lol fuck of course it's owned by amazon now