#1  
Old 28-09-2023, 10:05 PM
Hans Tucker (Hans)
Registered User

Hans Tucker is offline
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 2,476
Damn .. they are gone

Ok, I am late to the party on this one. I usually purchased my books from The Book Depository but just read they are no longer. Something about cost cuts with Amazon which I never knew they were affiliated with. Book Depository was great to purchase through, good price, free delivery, quality and no damaged on books received which couldn't be said when purchasing from Amazon. Are we slowly seeing the demise of print material?
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 29-09-2023, 12:04 AM
alan meehan's Avatar
alan meehan (Alan)
Registered User

alan meehan is offline
 
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: maryland newcastle AUSTRALIA
Posts: 1,851
Hope not.but everyones going digital nowdays
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 29-09-2023, 09:30 AM
KISSMAD's Avatar
KISSMAD (Bruce)
Registered User

KISSMAD is offline
 
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Australia
Posts: 127
Long live Booktopia!
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 29-09-2023, 02:36 PM
Crater101's Avatar
Crater101 (Warren)
Mostly Harmless

Crater101 is offline
 
Join Date: Jul 2020
Location: Bathurst, NSW
Posts: 830
In his 1982 novel Friday, Robert Heinlein writes a character who says,


"...we must now prepare the monastries for the coming Dark Age. Electronic records are too fragile; we must again have books, of stable inks and resistant paper."

Sounds like sage advice to me. It's a bit hard to Google how to fix something if there's no power, for example.


Sorry, don't mean to derail the thread.
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 29-09-2023, 06:21 PM
Hans Tucker (Hans)
Registered User

Hans Tucker is offline
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 2,476
Quote:
Originally Posted by KISSMAD View Post
Long live Booktopia!
I have ordered from Booktopia in the past, but they don't always list the books I want.
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 29-09-2023, 06:27 PM
Hans Tucker (Hans)
Registered User

Hans Tucker is offline
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 2,476
Quote:
Originally Posted by Crater101 View Post
In his 1982 novel Friday, Robert Heinlein writes a character who says,


"...we must now prepare the monastries for the coming Dark Age. Electronic records are too fragile; we must again have books, of stable inks and resistant paper."

Sounds like sage advice to me. It's a bit hard to Google how to fix something if there's no power, for example.


Sorry, don't mean to derail the thread.
Hardly a derail. Thankyou for posting this appropriate quote.
Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Thread Tools
Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT +10. The time is now 07:13 PM.

Powered by vBulletin Version 3.8.7 | Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Advertisement
Bintel
Advertisement