It does, I try not to get too preachy about it, but before I worked for an indie I'd worked for Amazon and it was terrible. I won't give them a cent if I can help it.
You weren't. I buy kindle books because I have a kindle (which does make my life easier and I usually wait for a book to go on sale) but for real books, I usually go to indie bookstores or used bookstores. (If I really want a physical book, I put in the amazon cart, and wait a bit. If I still want them, I then go get it for an Indie. It's helpful that my local indie has an order online and pick up in store.)
Took me a bit to remember, but I think this is the link to find out if your local indie is part of kobo program: https://www.kobo.com/indie
(Nope, I don't work for kobo or anything but except for exclusives, gift cards, or settlement money I avoid amazon myself. And even with a gift card or settlement, I try to do it via an affiliate link benefiting one of the charities, booklikes back when the link worked, or fictfact so at least something I care about gets something out of it.)
(Nope, I don't work for kobo or anything but except for exclusives, gift cards, or settlement money I avoid amazon myself. And even with a gift card or settlement, I try to do it via an affiliate link benefiting one of the charities, booklikes back when the link worked, or fictfact so at least something I care about gets something out of it.)