Comments on: Amazon can’t see the wood for the trees http://www.allconsuming.org.uk/uncategorized/amazon-can%e2%80%99t-see-the-wood-for-the-trees/ An all-consuming site for an all-consuming book Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:47:00 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Alex Bell http://www.allconsuming.org.uk/uncategorized/amazon-can%e2%80%99t-see-the-wood-for-the-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Alex Bell Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:16:43 +0000 http://www.allconsuming.org.uk/?p=70#comment-28 The market economy is not perfect! But come on, Amazon may be no more moral than other companies, but at least in their books they are selling something useful. I feel no guilt in buying books. I don't begrudge the money - they are cheap at the price compared to coffee, beer and meals out. If Amazon encourages us to read more books, they will have been a force for good in society. It's probably just the slave wages and working conditions that need looking at... I'd be worried first that people spend their time looking at too much dross on TV before I worried about their stretching their imaginations with a book, even if it is Stephen King. The market economy is not perfect! But come on, Amazon may be no more moral than other companies, but at least in their books they are selling something useful. I feel no guilt in buying books. I don’t begrudge the money – they are cheap at the price compared to coffee, beer and meals out. If Amazon encourages us to read more books, they will have been a force for good in society. It’s probably just the slave wages and working conditions that need looking at…

I’d be worried first that people spend their time looking at too much dross on TV before I worried about their stretching their imaginations with a book, even if it is Stephen King.

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