I love online book-buying myself, and it was always so much easier to find stuff on Amazon.com than on Indigo.ca. That's been changing recently, though.

One of the best things about Amazon was always its plug-ins to used books sold by stores or individuals. Indigo seems to have improved in this regard recently. I just picked up a couple used books from Indigo last week -- Tariq Ali's Street Fighting Years and Warren Hinckle's If you have a Lemon, Make Lemonade. Both are out of print, but I was easily able to find copies in their used book section, for a half-reasonable price. When I went to Amazon.ca, though, this feature didn't seem to be available -- at least not yet. (Although, strangely, they gave me the option of ordering Hinckle's book new, which Indigo did not.)

Opinions, rants, raves, prognostications?

[ June 25, 2002: Message edited by: Whazzup? ]

Arrival of Amazon.ca gives Indigo the blues, says the Toronto Star's Rachel Ross.

However, I do buy music and DVDs on-line, because I usually know what I want and I don't need to browse.

Chapters.ca sucks. HMV.com often says they have something in stock but really it isn't. Amazon.com seems to have a much better selection. It seems to be better designed.

I'm not too worried about Amazon. I think book-lovers prefer real stores. There's enough competition in the music and DVD business that one more won't really hurt anybody. I won't cry if HMV or Chapters loses a little business.