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‘It’s Cynical, Manipulative, and Cruel’
Booksellers are not happy about the tech giant’s decision to hold its big annual book sale during Independent Bookstore Day.
“I’m sure if you were to reach out to Marlboro, they would tell you that it’s just a coincidence that the heaviest cigarette smokers get cancer,” says James Webster, who is opening Recluse Books with his wife in Dallas on Saturday. Allison Hill, CEO of the American Booksellers Association, which oversees Independent Bookstore Day, says, “At best it’s insensitive and at worst it seems like a tactic to hurt small businesses.” “We can never compete with Amazon on the price of books and speed of shipping because we don’t employ a private army, and we know that,” says Leah Koch, owner of the Ripped Bodice.
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