It's been over a year since I sent an order to amazon, and the resulting >trips to bookstores have been very pleasant, if on occasion a bit tiring.
In article <10fipp3$1rpcl$1@dont-email.me>,resulting
William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
It's been over a year since I sent an order to amazon, and the
tiring.trips to bookstores have been very pleasant, if on occasion a bit
I preordered a book on some non-Amazon site whose name I've forgotten
a few months back, and now, in addition to the name of the site, I've
also forgotten which book it was, so I guess it will be a surprise
when two copies of it show up at my door on the same day.
That's the real lock-in of Amazon.
On Tue, 18 Nov 2025 22:22:46 -0000 (UTC),
wollman@hergotha.csail.mit.edu (Garrett Wollman) wrote:
In article <10fipp3$1rpcl$1@dont-email.me>,
William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
It's been over a year since I sent an order to amazon, and the resulting >>> trips to bookstores have been very pleasant, if on occasion a bit tiring. >>I preordered a book on some non-Amazon site whose name I've forgotten
a few months back, and now, in addition to the name of the site, I've
also forgotten which book it was, so I guess it will be a surprise
when two copies of it show up at my door on the same day.
That's the real lock-in of Amazon.
That's what financial manager programs are for -- recording pre-orders
with the expected reception date so you can always tell what it is and
who you pre-ordered it from.
Alternately, a spreadsheet or text file (even a plain-jane one) can
serve the same purpose.
The idea is to take /some/ control of one's life. At least enough to
not order the same book twice!
It's been over a year since I sent an order to amazon, and the resulting trips to bookstores have been very pleasant, if on occasion a bit˙ tiring.I see what you did there.
However, there are times when the˙ flesh is weak but the credit card is willing.
Long ago I got a chapters rewards card, and for those with such the
company offers a 20% discount on purchases made in your birth month.˙ I tried to order from them online years ago, but gave up when their
software and my then-computer proved incompatible.
I am happy to say that their website is fine now, and the selection
broader than before.˙ Prices are usually higher than amazon, but with cheaper shipping and the 20% cut they were in effect lower.
Speaking of shipping, they beat their time estimates in every respect.
The order went in late Friday night, and the first books arrived Monday.
˙Following recommendations in this group I ordered a Leinster which was
not supposed to arrive until January, but it has already been delivered.
As a result I can over the next few weeks do some catching up on the
Clarke awards, even unto 2020.
I suppose this is only of interest to Canadians on the group,
given the fraught nature of cross-border shipping these days.
And of course, all the books were well printed and well bound.
In article <10fipp3$1rpcl$1@dont-email.me>,
William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
It's been over a year since I sent an order to amazon, and the resulting
trips to bookstores have been very pleasant, if on occasion a bit tiring.
I preordered a book on some non-Amazon site whose name I've forgotten
a few months back, and now, in addition to the name of the site, I've
also forgotten which book it was, so I guess it will be a surprise
when two copies of it show up at my door on the same day.
That's the real lock-in of Amazon.
On 11/19/25 09:00, Paul S Person wrote:resulting
On Tue, 18 Nov 2025 22:22:46 -0000 (UTC),
wollman@hergotha.csail.mit.edu (Garrett Wollman) wrote:
In article <10fipp3$1rpcl$1@dont-email.me>,
William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
It's been over a year since I sent an order to amazon, and the
trips to bookstores have been very pleasant, if on occasion a bit tiring.
I preordered a book on some non-Amazon site whose name I've forgotten
a few months back, and now, in addition to the name of the site, I've
also forgotten which book it was, so I guess it will be a surprise
when two copies of it show up at my door on the same day.
That's the real lock-in of Amazon.
That's what financial manager programs are for -- recording pre-orders
with the expected reception date so you can always tell what it is and
who you pre-ordered it from.
Alternately, a spreadsheet or text file (even a plain-jane one) can
serve the same purpose.
The idea is to take /some/ control of one's life. At least enough to
not order the same book twice!
With the current prices of real books as opposed to kIndle and other
formats that is a worth objective and I wish I had though of that some
years back. I got two of the same manga as a result.
Garrett Wollman wrote:resulting
In article <10fipp3$1rpcl$1@dont-email.me>,
William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
It's been over a year since I sent an order to amazon, and the
tiring.trips to bookstores have been very pleasant, if on occasion a bit
I preordered a book on some non-Amazon site whose name I've forgotten
a few months back, and now, in addition to the name of the site, I've
also forgotten which book it was, so I guess it will be a surprise
when two copies of it show up at my door on the same day.
That's the real lock-in of Amazon.
I am still waiting for one book from my Amazon order of last October. >According to their website they have a copy, but I have received emails >telling me that no delivery time can be predicted.
I've never had such delays from abebooks, or chess.com. But Wheeler's >autobiography from the American institute of physics was so delayed that
I bought a used copy at Mason's books in Toronto.
On 11/18/2025 3:50 PM, William Hyde wrote:resulting
It's been over a year since I sent an order to amazon, and the
tiring.trips to bookstores have been very pleasant, if on occasion a bit?
is
However, there are times when the? flesh is weak but the credit card
Iwilling.
Long ago I got a chapters rewards card, and for those with such the
company offers a 20% discount on purchases made in your birth month.?
withtried to order from them online years ago, but gave up when their
software and my then-computer proved incompatible.
I am happy to say that their website is fine now, and the selection
broader than before.? Prices are usually higher than amazon, but
cheaper shipping and the 20% cut they were in effect lower.
Speaking of shipping, they beat their time estimates in every respect.
Monday.The order went in late Friday night, and the first books arrived
was?Following recommendations in this group I ordered a Leinster which
delivered.not supposed to arrive until January, but it has already been
I see what you did there.
As a result I can over the next few weeks do some catching up on the
Clarke awards, even unto 2020.
I suppose this is only of interest to Canadians on the group,
given the fraught nature of cross-border shipping these days.
And of course, all the books were well printed and well bound.
Given the problems with trade paperbacks with "perfect" bindings back
some decades ago (at least two of them, having split into large pieces
on first reading, dissolved into individual pages on second reading), >assurance that the book in question is well bound is comforting.
Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:Goop.
Given the problems with trade paperbacks with "perfect" bindings back
some decades ago (at least two of them, having split into large pieces
on first reading, dissolved into individual pages on second reading), >>assurance that the book in question is well bound is comforting.
Remove remaining hot glue (it may just crumble away if the book is old >enough) and recement with a flexible urethane adhesive like 3M 08061 or
On Thu, 20 Nov 2025 12:26:16 -0500 (EST), kludge@panix.com (Scott
Dorsey) wrote:
Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
Given the problems with trade paperbacks with "perfect" bindings back >>>some decades ago (at least two of them, having split into large pieces
on first reading, dissolved into individual pages on second reading), >>>assurance that the book in question is well bound is comforting.
Remove remaining hot glue (it may just crumble away if the book is old >>enough) and recement with a flexible urethane adhesive like 3M 08061 or = >Goop.
I hate to say it but, if I am not keeping it, recycling it seems to be
the simplest solution.
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