The independent bookstores that have managed to pull through the pandemic so far have all done it thanks (at least in part) to ecommerce. Selling books online relies on shipping books. We're no exception; we were proud to send books to all 50 states.
We're already fighting every day to combat Amazon's predatory pricing. Every day we ask our customers to pay a little bit more for books if they believe in what we're doing.
Imagine how much harder that ask becomes if we have to charge $15 for shipping instead of $2.49.
Imagine how much harder that ask becomes if we have to charge $15 for shipping instead of $2.49.
Amazon can get around this because of their massive scale and wealth. Not satisfied with any of the available shipping options, they simply built their own massive (and dangerous) shipping network.
buzzfeednews.com/article/caroli…
buzzfeednews.com/article/caroli…
It goes without saying that an independent bookstore can't afford to build its own massive nationwide shipping network. So we rely on the @USPS. But the USPS is under attack from a lot of different angles, and it's frankly a bit alarming. cnn.com/2020/06/15/pol…
Even worse, some (like @stacyfmitchell) are noticing that everyone except Amazon is getting pushed aside by the Postal Service itself
We're so happy that we've made it this far into the pandemic with our team intact. This is largely thanks to using @USPS to send books to wonderful customers all over the country.
I hope we can count on the USPS to grow our business into the future.
I hope we can count on the USPS to grow our business into the future.
