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Or just buy an actual book from and independent bookshop.
by badgersnake 3mo ago
Or just buy an actual book from and independent bookshop.
- Cider9986 3mo agoThat doesn't cut out the publisher.
- shimman 3mo agoPublishers aren't as evil compared to big tech. Maybe a random lieutenant of hell versus Lucifer's advisor here. You can also buy DRM free self-published books quite easily nowadays. Amazon doesn't have a monopoly on e-commerce, not yet at least.
- lstodd 3mo ago> Publishers aren't as evil compared to big tech. Haha yes, they are even more evil en masse.
- badgersnake 3mo agoI don’t think that’s even possible.
- themadturk 3mo agoMost publishers demand their ebooks be sold with DRM. This can be seen as an aspect of "evil."
- saaaaaam 3mo agoThat’s fine if you have one near to you, don’t have mobility issues that make it hard to visit or accessibility issues that make book print hard to read. And it stocks the kinds of books you want to read. Without being all woke about it, indie book stores can be great if you like reading the sorts of books your particular local flavour of indie book stores stocks.
- Marsymars 3mo agoMost indie bookstores will happily order books for you from the publisher/distributor if they don't have them in stock.
- dingaling 3mo agoAt which point I might as well order from the publisher's website instead of having to explain to a shop owner what I want.
- Marsymars 3mo agoMay work better in some countries than others; e.g. checking the book I'm currently reading that's published by Hachette, my local indie book store sells it for the same price as amazon.ca, (and I can easily order online, there's no need to "explain to a shop owner what I want") but Hachette doesn't seem to have any B2C online front that I'm able to order from.
- badgersnake 3mo agoSmall violin for you.