An unanticipated "perk" to buying local....

I had never even heard of IndeBound.org before I found the site on the Independent We Stand website a couple of weeks ago.

I have always just ordered my books on Amazon out of habit. But now that I have been "enlightened" I thought I would try buying a book through Indie - I bought a book that had been recommended to me called The Big Box Swindle by Stacy Mitchell.  By the way, the book cost a little more on Amazon with shipping. This morning I had the following in my email box

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Your order number 964 at The Toadstool Bookshops has been updated.

Order status: Pending

Order comment:

Hi - thanks for your order. We do not have this book in stock in Keene right now, but we do have an autographed copy at our Peterborough store. I plan to bring this to Keene on Sunday if you would like to pick it up then. Thank you, Willard at The Toadstool Bookshops

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Do you think Amazon would have grabbed an autographed copy for me and drove it to the store closest to my house?

I think not!

Thanks Willard!