BTW, I went to buy his latest book and I could save about $10 buying it on Amazon, save about $6 buying it from a physical bookstore that would mail it to me, or save $0 using the http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781617230172 site listed on the author's web site.

In the end, I went to my local library's web site and put a hold on two of his other recent books.

This seems more in spirit of avoiding large companies.