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Cory Doctorow: Kickstarting a book to end enshittification, because Amazon will not carry it (pluralistic.net)

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From the author: My next book is The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation: it's a Big Tech disassembly manual that explains how to disenshittify the web and bring back the old good internet. The hardcover comes from Verso on Sept 5, but the audiobook comes from me – because Amazon refuses to sell my audio.

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[-] potterpockets@sh.itjust.works 57 points 1 year ago

Tangental but somewhat related, one of the most popular modern fantasy authors (Brandon Sanderson) recently did something similar where he released/is releasing 4 books this year funded via Kickstarter due to not wanting to work with Amazon.

It actually currently holds the record for highest funded Kickstarter project ever. Granted, it helps if you are an established and popular author already, but id be curious to see if this trend expands.

[-] picandocodigo@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

I hope the trend grows. Amazon needs to be abolished, divided, whatever it takes to destroy their monopoly.

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