Re: Amazon (was: RE: DMP Availability)
On Thu, 22 Feb 2001, dcross - David Cross wrote: > Since I gave up Amazon, I've found myself going into bookshops more. > Browsing in a bookshop is still _by far_ the best way to buy books. > And I end up buying more books. Because for each book that I got into the > shop looking for, I find another two that seem really interesting. Amazon's > "readers who bought this book..." feature really doesn't achieve the same > thing. /me spent 100 quid on books last weekend in skoob books, PC bookshop and Books etc (walked from goswell road to charing cross street where I spent another 30 quid on prints and postcard prints, via holborn - quite pleseant walk as the city and its outskirts are nice and quiet at the weekend). A. -- http://termisoc.org/~betty"> Betty @ termisoc.org "As a youngster Fred fought sea battles on the village pond using a complex system of signals he devised that was later adopted by the Royal Navy. " (this email has nothing to do with any organisation except me)
Re: Amazon (was: RE: DMP Availability)
On Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 12:06:32PM -, dcross - David Cross wrote: > Since I gave up Amazon, I've found myself going into bookshops more. > Browsing in a bookshop is still _by far_ the best way to buy books. > > And I end up buying more books. That's the problem! -Dom
Re: Amazon (was: RE: DMP Availability)
- Original Message - From: "dcross - David Cross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 22 February 2001 12:06 Subject: Amazon (was: RE: DMP Availability) > > Since I gave up Amazon, I've found myself going into bookshops more. > Browsing in a bookshop is still _by far_ the best way to buy books. > Yes - I agree, but I can only get to bookshops at weekends, and sometimes if I'm busy doing other stuff it may be 2 or 3 weeks between visits. And, for example, this book I'm looking for is not available in Windsor or Slough (though I've noticed over the years that the computing sections are getting much bigger and better), so I'm forced to go up to That London. So online purchases that arrive at my door the next day are very attractive. Sometimes I'll browse in bookshops for a whole afternoon, and then I think I should perhaps have spent the time actually reading! /Robert
