Better, much better to use an outfit that has supported small presses &
adventurous writing for years: Small Press Distribution in Berkeley. They now
have a website and should have their online shopping set up soon. Meanwhile
you can browse and call in your order. I will always go to them first, and to
amazon only if SPD fails. Here's their url:
http://www.spdbooks.org/index.html
ps. I agree with chris -- peter line's re nostalgia is to the numinous as the
erotic is to to the sexual made my day too.
Pierre
Rupert Loydell wrote:
> why *not* order from Amazon? the books stay at dollar prices, not doubled
> for the UK market, and the books come straight to you 4 or 5 days laterS I
> agree about supporting Peter Riley, Compendium etc. but no reason to
> support a UK chain any more than a USA chain: when the <big> publishers
> realise why we prefer books at cheaper prices and the sorts of books we
> want, the UK market might change. Until then the cheapest/quickest way to
> get things seems fine.
>
> having said that St Marks Bookshop in NYC or Strand in the same city will
> always mail you stuff by telephone credit card order tooS
>
> rupert
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