Re: Amazon!Fail:
Lilith Saintcrow talks about Amazon!Fail, monoculture and profit.
Amazon!Fail and the Cost of Freedom.
Richard Eoin Nash comments on Amazon!Fail as a het, white, cis-guy publisher.
Pandagon Weighs In on Amazon!Fail and Who Got Hammered in the "Glitch".
In the Interest of Getting One's Book Fix:
Paperback Swap AND
Swaptree are two sites where you can trade used books (among other things), user-to-user.
Indibound is a site for finding independant publishers. Not actually helpful if you are in Canada (or at least Ottawa), but if you're in the states, it's a place to start.
Powells in Portland may be a suitable alternative for those who want a large shop-online catalogue.
Alibris is a used/rare books website that connects independent used book sellers with buyers (similar to ABE Books).
Indi Publishers:
In Ottawa:
http://www.abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/
http://www.mercutiopress.com/main.html
http://www.oberonpress.ca/
In Canada:
http://www.libroslibertad.ca/aboutus.php
http://www.arsenalpulp.com/home.php
http://www.burningeffigy.com/aboutbe.shtml
http://www.cyclopspress.com/aboutcyc.htm
http://www.signature-editions.com/
http://www.tsarbooks.com/
http://www.brokenjaw.com/
Ottawa Indi Bookstores:
http://www.perfectbooks.ca/
http://www.collected-works.com/
http://www.afterstonewallbooks.com/
http://www.venusenvy.ca/
http://www.bytownbookshop.ca/
http://www.nicholashoare.com/main.htm
http://www.octopusbooks.ca/
http://www.mothertonguebooks.ca/Welcome%20.html
More Under the Cuts:
Used Books:
http://www.bookbazaar.ca/
Bay Used Books
68-A Robertson Rd, 829-7157
All Books
327 Rideau, 789-9544
Religious and Spiritual:
http://www.canterburyhouse.blogspot.com/
http://www.salemstorehouse.com/
http://www.serendipitybooks-gifts.ca/index.html
http://www.singingpebblebooks.ca/
Sunnyside Books
113 Murray Street
K1N 5M5
613-241-0943
Ecclesiastical Bookstore/Librairie Ecclesiastique
(223 Main, 751-4015)
Garden of Light
163 Laurier Ave E, 235-2727
Non-Anglo-Centric:
http://www.coindulivre.ca/pages/home.html
https://www.librairieducentre.com/main.asp
http://www.polishbookstore.com/index2nd_english.htm
Girol Spanish and Portuguese Books
120 Somerset W, 233-9044
Livres Disques Etc.
450 Rideau, 888-320-8070
Other:
Book Den
263 MacLaren, 236-3142
Shirley Leishman Books
Westgate Mall 722-8313
The New Octopus Bookstore
116 Third Ave, 233-2589
Daniel Leclerc
1116 Wellington, 722-3488
Health Sciences Book Store
501 Smyth, 737-8847
These are more here for my own benefit. ;-)
http://www.pennilesspress.com/index.htm
http://www.opinionatedlesbian.com/bulletin/opinionatedlesbian/articles/1570.aspx
Lilith Saintcrow talks about Amazon!Fail, monoculture and profit.
Amazon!Fail and the Cost of Freedom.
Richard Eoin Nash comments on Amazon!Fail as a het, white, cis-guy publisher.
Pandagon Weighs In on Amazon!Fail and Who Got Hammered in the "Glitch".
In the Interest of Getting One's Book Fix:
Paperback Swap AND
Swaptree are two sites where you can trade used books (among other things), user-to-user.
Indibound is a site for finding independant publishers. Not actually helpful if you are in Canada (or at least Ottawa), but if you're in the states, it's a place to start.
Powells in Portland may be a suitable alternative for those who want a large shop-online catalogue.
Alibris is a used/rare books website that connects independent used book sellers with buyers (similar to ABE Books).
Indi Publishers:
In Ottawa:
http://www.abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/
http://www.mercutiopress.com/main.html
http://www.oberonpress.ca/
In Canada:
http://www.libroslibertad.ca/aboutus.php
http://www.arsenalpulp.com/home.php
http://www.burningeffigy.com/aboutbe.shtml
http://www.cyclopspress.com/aboutcyc.htm
http://www.signature-editions.com/
http://www.tsarbooks.com/
http://www.brokenjaw.com/
Ottawa Indi Bookstores:
http://www.perfectbooks.ca/
http://www.collected-works.com/
http://www.afterstonewallbooks.com/
http://www.venusenvy.ca/
http://www.bytownbookshop.ca/
http://www.nicholashoare.com/main.htm
http://www.octopusbooks.ca/
http://www.mothertonguebooks.ca/Welcome%20.html
More Under the Cuts:
Used Books:
http://www.bookbazaar.ca/
Bay Used Books
68-A Robertson Rd, 829-7157
All Books
327 Rideau, 789-9544
Religious and Spiritual:
http://www.canterburyhouse.blogspot.com/
http://www.salemstorehouse.com/
http://www.serendipitybooks-gifts.ca/index.html
http://www.singingpebblebooks.ca/
Sunnyside Books
113 Murray Street
K1N 5M5
613-241-0943
Ecclesiastical Bookstore/Librairie Ecclesiastique
(223 Main, 751-4015)
Garden of Light
163 Laurier Ave E, 235-2727
Non-Anglo-Centric:
http://www.coindulivre.ca/pages/home.html
https://www.librairieducentre.com/main.asp
http://www.polishbookstore.com/index2nd_english.htm
Girol Spanish and Portuguese Books
120 Somerset W, 233-9044
Livres Disques Etc.
450 Rideau, 888-320-8070
Other:
Book Den
263 MacLaren, 236-3142
Shirley Leishman Books
Westgate Mall 722-8313
The New Octopus Bookstore
116 Third Ave, 233-2589
Daniel Leclerc
1116 Wellington, 722-3488
Health Sciences Book Store
501 Smyth, 737-8847
These are more here for my own benefit. ;-)
http://www.pennilesspress.com/index.htm
http://www.opinionatedlesbian.com/bulletin/opinionatedlesbian/articles/1570.aspx