don't panic but

[wednesday_10_00]

bk1 is being swallowed up into some (e-book?) site called "honto." It looks like they are still going to accept international orders (if you have placed an international order before--wait, what?), but there's nothing about shipping policies, so who knows if they will still offer SAL shipping or not. (Maybe we should panic about that one.)

Gah. GAH.

Comments

[mangaroo.livejournal.com]

I meant to ask you or s_vamp about the "bk1 site renewal" email I received. Did you get that?

I don't know how I feel, honestly. I was feeling guilty/nervous about my plan to place my latest order with Amazon because I feared that not having my little contributions would somehow break bk1, and I like having options. However, if I'm only going to order twice a year, I might as well order from Amazon or mangaoh and get G-Defend. I am very sad about my order history being purged. I could download it to preserve it, but then I will forget where I've put it, yadda. It's just not the same.

Mostly I'm nervous because I don't hang out in fannish circles anymore and -- if honto doesn't work out as an option -- how will I learn about new SAL-shipping-friendly bookstores?

(Hee. I see your posts.)

[sara-tanaquil.livejournal.com]

Wow, that makes me feel like I should place an order with them now to make sure I'm in their international database. I have ordered with them before, of course, but it's probably been at least a year.

Sigh... I love their cheap shipping, but have always found their ability to communicate clearly with their customers to be... less than I would desire. I suspect they never liked dealing with international customers that much.