Amazon buying habits from getting lots of books from them, to only buying used books from independent sellers. New books, if I want to buy them, I'll try to get from my local independent bookstore.

We are losing newspapers, magazines, mail, telephones, televisions -- it's all smart phone and tablet, no paper.

Why fight the future? We need trees to eat the carbon dioxide.

Newest technology, hands-free texting with your phone reading the text to you! (Alexander Graham Bell - "Say what?&quot .

I like the look, feel and smell of real books and nothing will ever change that. I don't care what Amazon or any other giant corporation dictates.

Why should a person pay the same price for a paperback stored in Amazon's cloud vs. a physical book that becomes an asset. It doesn't cost as much to manufacture an e-book - it screams rip off. It is just another example of a corporation that has become too big and starts to call all the shots.

Sooner or later, Kindle will be to reading an e-book as MS Windows 3.1 is to using any current day software.

Then what? I mean, you could spend a lot of money on e-books, and in fifteen years, not be able to read most of them.

the next time you do a software update.

Stephen King even offered it on an honor system, and did not complain about the money he made.

We publishers have already seen governmental intervention!

The very first thing the newly installed totally Dem majority Congress did in Spring of 2007 was to allow Giants like Time/Warner and Amazon to have lower and discounted postage rates - while raising the rates on small businesses.

So the only way my small publishing company makes money on some books is just to let Amazon handle it all. Yeah they take a higher percentage, but considering what this small business would pay in terms of shipping, it is all we can do.

This is known as fascism, Boys and Girls.

And now that Amazon has totally used its advantages to hold us publishers hostage, why of course it will! Why wouldn't it? Why else does it have lobbyists in the Beltway doing as they do?

This nation is done and over and stick a fork in it.

Many independent bookstores now provide a way to buy eBooks through their store.

Most use Kobo instead of Kindle, which means you aren't encouraging Amazon's increasing domination (and you don't need a Kindle!)

As you might expect, the price is typically a little higher, but if you want to "vote with your wallet," consider that money well spent as it contributes to a business that actually cares about your community.

Here's are a couple of examples with relatively simple instructions.

The Ivy Bookshop
Bookshop Santa Cruz

Also, you can usually order books online through your local bookstore. Then, once they're ready, you can pick them up if you'd like instead of paying for shipping and further cluttering the planet.

If your community isn't fortunate enough to have its own independent bookstore, you can still order books online or download eBooks from another community's independent bookstore.

Check them out for for 21 days. For physical books, check out bookfinder.com and you can see the price of every listing of your book, both new and used. That way you can see there is usually a better price at an independent place.

My greatest hope is that authors can someday find a way to self publish because publishing houses often screw them too.

Self-publishing is the wave of the future