Once we crusaded against Nestlé, now why not Amazon?

I wanted to buy a book recently – a 60-year-old bestseller that I could have got anywhere. Instinctively I hopped onto Amazon and found I could get it for as little as £4.49, or just 74p on Kindle – and by tomorrow if I was quick. But then I had a thought, the sort I’ve been meaning to get round to having for some time. Why should I buy it from them? Why not make this a protest purchase and support an independent retailer? So I searched again and quickly found a suitable seller and paid £6.88 plus postage of £1.29. The book arrived three days later. What do you know? Buying from a small-ish specialist bookshop worked! I am now resolved to remain thus principled when it comes to the annual Christmas Shopping Session, which will soon be upon us. Partly