Lovely idea, but the price is a little eye- watering!
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Yes - itâs an alternative to Amazon / Book Depository - but at a price!
It was the 275⏠for 12 books that made me wince. Daunt Books in the UK do the same thing if anyone wants to give a generous gift to a UK readerâŠ
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This new initiative may help:
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Lots of books in English - but again not cheap!
I couldnât agree more with Geof_Cox and toryroo about Amazon. I live in America.
The US Postal Service and likely other shippers too are struggling to deliver the incredible amount of Amazon packages at cut-rate shipping prices.
As for their tax evasion ⊠Amazon uses public roads that are paid for with tax dollars and has protection from the police and fire departments which are also funded by tax dollars. For heavenâs sake, Amazon, pay some taxes like the rest of us.
Amazon has made it difficult for small bookstores and other retailers to stay in business. We used to be able to buy items locally and have them the same day without this massive carbon footprint of Amazon Prime trying to deliver everything in two days.
I also agree with toryroo about FaceBook ⊠I would add Google, and Twitter to that list. All greed mongers looking to exploit whoever and whatever they can to make money. Even if you donât use the Internet, some of the cost that you pay for almost every product goes into the pockets of those large corporations because of advertising.
AirBNB and VRBO are causing soaring rent prices in America and abroad because they remove long-term rental housing from the rental market.
Uber and Lyft exploit consumers by raising prices during peak times. This behavior caters to wealthy patrons and leaves lower-to-middle class people struggling to pay for rides.
I avoid all of these companies.
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As @Javocity has revived this thread - can I ask if anybody knows the brilliant secondhand bookshop down a fairly obscure little street not far from Shakespeare & Co - sort of behind it, going away from the river?
(Yes I know this is ridiculously vague - I wasnât really paying attention when I wandered into the shop, spent far too much time there, and then had to rush away. I was definitely not drunk. Honest.)
The Abbey Bookshop? Rue de la Parchemerie.
momox-shop.fr has some second hand English books. Free postage from 19 Euros
Possibly The Red Wheelbarrow?
Yes - that was it Jane - many thanks!
@Rachman and @cmartin - great links too. I immediately spotted the allusion to William Carlos Williams!
I now need a day in Paris just for bookshop-browsingâŠ
This might interest you @Javocity 
My all time favourite bookstore in Paris.
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Yes it is iconic Bettina - no other shop - anywhere, I believe - has its historic links with great writers, although the most important (Joyce, Pound, Fitzgerald, Hemingway) frequented the original shop, not the current re-imagining. As to whether itâs the best thoughâŠ?
I love its founderâs description of it: âa socialist utopia masquerading as a bookstoreâ - a bit like the well-known description of Permaculture: ârevolution disguised as organic gardeningâ!
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Weâre off tomorrow! With an empty bag.
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The Paris Night Market at CitĂ© Fertile behind La Grande Halle is recommended in todayâs Guardian (not for books, though).
I like Galignani as well, under the arcades rue de Rivoli, but it isnât specifically for books in English.
If you are ever in Bordeaux go to Mollat!
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Well the original store is right next⊠I used to stay around the corner in a dependance of Hotel Esmeralda when ever I spent the weekend in Paris (not a great hotel - but great location).
After a grand creme & croissant I would often stop by Shakespeare to check English publications - cheaper and earlier than the offers in Germany.
Since Covid they also do mail order - great if you know which books you want, but I always loved the âdustyâ bohemian old Shakespeare shopâŠ
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Thank you, @Geof_Cox. Very interesting ⊠I am neither a Twitter user or a Mastodon user. I must say that I much prefer face-to-face communication. However, forums such as this one are good when we are geographically separated by large distances such as we are.
Mastodon sounds vaguely indecent to me.