Shipping shouldn’t be free. It costs money to transport goods. If you’re not paying for that cost than at best it’s included in the price of the item, but more likely it’s a corporate ploy to squeeze out competition or a psychological trick to get you addicted to frivolous spending.

Tom’s is one of the few channels I have notifications on for because when he posts it’s always an instant watch.

Clearly this is someone who actually reads their books. Given that they are mass market paperbacks… I have no problem with this. If I were an author I would much rather someone does this to my work and actually reads it and enjoys it to someone keeping a pristine copy unopened on their shelf forever.