On Fri, 13 Jan 2017 23:11:34 -0500, wrote:

On Fri, 13 Jan 2017 16:28:36 -0600, Markem
wrote:

On Fri, 13 Jan 2017 17:46:17 GMT, (Scott Lurndal)
wrote:

Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet writes:

Granted again prices are all over the board on Amazon. While Prime is
expensive up front each year, $99, that gets whittled away quickly if
you need items quickly and actually pay extra for 2nd day delivery.

Prime is good for some and so much for others.

While I have no claim on internet retailing experience, I've found that
my prime membership (and my costco executive membership) have paid for
themselves each year, so far. Just watching Bionic Woman episodes
on Amazon Prime TV was sufficient, Ah Jamie :-).

Do not do Amazon in this household, you see my wife is in the
publishing business. Amazon has made margin in that business a joke.

OTOH, Amazon allows individuals to self-publish, keeping more of their
royalties and saving the buyers money. Not good for publishers but
they don't have a value add in this sort of market.

Well as my wife is Director of an university press the damage done by
Amazon is viewed critically. Self publishing is easy, getting your
stuff sold though. As a matter of survival she has started a "vanity
publishing arm" and so it goes.