[P2P-F] Amazon Alternatives?

Fri Jun 6 15:48:37 CEST 2014

Such is the power of the long tail, Amazon combines massive economies of
scale and scope with a optimized supply chain driven by a predictive
analytics engine that can forecast efficiencies closer to god, it makes the
competition both big and small irrelevant.

On Thursday, June 5, 2014, Marco Giustini <info at marcogiustini.info> wrote:

> Could be an idea for a startup :)
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> 2014-06-05 1:25 GMT+02:00 Kevin Flanagan <kev.flanagan at gmail.com
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>> I'm quite surprised that there isn't some kind of international
>> cooperative bookstore that brings together small and independent
>> bookstores together in a kind of alliance to connect with customers
>> around the world.
>>
>> I like some of the charity book stores like oxfam but many of them don't
>> deliver internationally.
>>
>> Thank you all for your suggestions.
>>
>> Kevin
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>> Örsan Şenalp:
>> > dear Kevin,
>> >
>> > there are some books accesible at library genesis:
>> > http://lib.freescienceengineering.org/
>> >
>> > hope it would work
>> >
>> > o.
>> >
>> > On 1 June 2014 01:55, Kevin Flanagan <kev.flanagan at gmail.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','kev.flanagan at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>> >> Dear Friends,
>> >>
>> >> Can anyone suggest some alternative online book sellers to Amazon with
>> >> preferably global delivery? We regularly post book reviews and even
>> have
>> >> an Amazon store embedded in the P2P blog. However considering Amazons
>> >> poor labour practices we would prefer to support cooperative
>> >> alternatives where possible.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks in advance for your suggestions
>> >>
>> >> Kevin
>> >>
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