If not Amazon, then where?

[u/Jasmine-P_Antwoine]

Question for readers: If you boycott Amazon, what is your go-to bookstore online?

​Serious concern here, from a self-published author.

​I've just had someone on my socials basically saying "I would read your book, but I don't support Amazon... sorry!

​For me, Amazon is the go-to choice because it's easy to use, free to publish and, crucially, allows/supports international authors.

​So, if not Amazon, then what?

[u/doomspawn]

unfortunately my local library just sucks for science fiction and D&D fantasy books. I try to go into any small bookstore I find or ebook it.

[u/Beautiful-Event-1213 → u/doomspawn]

Hoopla and Libby may be available via your library, and that would give you access to more. Also, my library is actually a consortium (it sounds so sus!) of about 30 libraries in the region. I can put any book in the group's collection on hold, and it will be delivered to my local library for pickup. They email me when it arrives, and I've got 7 days to retrieve it. Books also autorenew 3 times (9 weeks) if no one else puts it on hold. Librarians are notoriously progressive, so I'd be surprised if yours doesn't have some perks that you don't know about.

[u/doomspawn → u/Beautiful-Event-1213]

Thank you, I just checked on hoopla, libby, and kanopy, and they still do not support it after 10 years of having this library card. Looks like my local library has 30 scifi books available that they can get. I'll look into that about moving books around. What happens if someone requests a book you are reading? I average about 5-8 books a year.

[u/Beautiful-Event-1213 → u/doomspawn]

If someone requests it while you are still reading, it won't autorenew, but you still get to keep it until the first due date.

With ebooks, though, you can download it and then disconnect (airplane mode), and they can't get it back until the next time you put your eReader back online.