<story><title>Amazon&apos;s AbeBooks backs down after booksellers stage global protest</title><url>https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/nov/08/amazon-abebooks-backs-down-after-booksellers-stage-global-protest?CMP=twt_gu</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>aezell</author><text>I stopped using AbeBooks when I stopped using Amazon. ThriftBooks and BetterWorldBooks are good alternatives unless you are on AbeBooks for antiquarian books.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>beauzero</author><text>I would encourage people to support ThriftBooks.  Used to compete against them when running KudzuBooks.com.  Kudzu went bankrupt shortly after owner sold AcademicBookServices.com (used K-12 books) to Follett&amp;#x27;s used k-12 division.  ThriftBooks has been around since the Kudzu days and have continued to run a tight ship and improve their site with little to no resources. It&amp;#x27;s good to see them around.  Margins in the remainder business are extremely tight and it is difficult to get good remaindered stock with the consolidation of publishing houses and the closing of so many bricks and mortar stores.  Remaindered book = book returned to the publisher who puts a black mark somewhere on the loose page ends and resells to bargain market (usually wholesalers) at 5-15% of retail price.  They in turn get resold to brick and mortars for bargain book tables or online (should be sold &amp;quot;Like New&amp;quot; but some are sold &amp;quot;New&amp;quot; if the publisher forgot to mark the book).</text></comment>
<story><title>Amazon&apos;s AbeBooks backs down after booksellers stage global protest</title><url>https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/nov/08/amazon-abebooks-backs-down-after-booksellers-stage-global-protest?CMP=twt_gu</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>aezell</author><text>I stopped using AbeBooks when I stopped using Amazon. ThriftBooks and BetterWorldBooks are good alternatives unless you are on AbeBooks for antiquarian books.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Simulacra</author><text>+1 for BetterWorldBooks. They donate their profits to fund literacy programs. Plus free shipping. Love them.</text></comment>