It's dominance and stifling the alternative that I object to. I'd rather Amazon than B&N

Well, that's the thing, though. Functionally, I don't see any difference between them. They both suck business away from the indies in a big way. The Harry Potter craze, for instance, has been of little or no benefit to the small bookstores because they can't get their hands on the books. Distributors almost completely ignore them, whereas B&N literally builds entire towers out of Harry Potter books and Amazon has it on pre-order months before the release. They're essentially the same beast in a different form.
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Blog: Literate Perversions

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