Books - Zlib or Libgen
CDs - Torrents or NZB
If you find something from there you really like, buy direct from the author/artist if you can to support.
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I'm usually able to find what I need on etsy and for books thriftbooks. We have a local music store for cds so I can't help you there.
Supposedly, bookshop.org is good for books.
Maybe ebay? Postage tends to be more expensive but you can find great deals for cheap, especially in the "media" sector, they're still a corpo but it's better for the consumer π(PS edit: the seller also pays less fees, even if they're still crazy high like 13%)
In alternative i would suggest thrift stores, at least for clothing
I think the very best alternative to Amazon is: don't shop online at all. Support your local businesses!
Surely there's shops in your area where you can get those kinds of things -- your list doesn't have anything too exotic or difficult to obtain. Unless your tastes are out of the ordinary somehow.
Would be great, except there are almost no local businesses anymore. Everything's a franchise, in fact, a tactic that's becoming increasingly popular is for corporate stores to disguise themselves as mom and pop shops. Local shops are effectively dead. Capitalism killed it.
Frankly, this sounds kinda conspiratorial. You're not willing to step into a local shop for fear that it might not actually be a local shop?
Otherwise, there truly are more options in my area than in your area, in which case, I'm sorry to hear that.
(Edit: typo)
Even a franchise is run by a local, risk-taking entrepreneur.
In Germany, I can recommend https://www.buch7.de/
Bought already multiple times three, works very well. They donate a percentage of the money to charity.
Iβm pretty sure thereβs something like that in the UK, shops with a social agenda.
Alie express only down side is shpping it takes forever