| Edition |
2nd edition, revised and expanded. |
| Description |
22 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
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| Series |
Microcosm ; #580 |
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Microcosm (Microcosm Publishing) ; 580.
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Kansas Notable Book ; 2022.
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| Note |
Staple-bound zine. |
| Contents |
A letter to Jeff Bezos from a small independent bookstore in the middle of the country -- A sobering bookstore chalkboard sign -- A selected list of companies owned by Jeff Bezos/Amazon -- A twitter thread about why we charge more for books -- Further reading on Amazon's abuses of power -- A brief Q & A with Joe Biel, CEO of Microcosm Publishing -- A twitter thread about Amazon violating sreet dates -- A note on trying to boycott Amazon -- How to resist Amazon -- Some tweets upon seeing Where the Crawdads Sing, a $26.00 book, on sale for $9.59 on Amazon. |
| Summary |
When a company's workers are literally dying on the job, when their business model relies on preying on local businesses and even their own companies, when their CEO is literally the richest person in the world while their workers make minimum wage with impossible quotas ... wouldn't you want to resist? This zine, written by Danny Caine, owner of Raven Book Store in Lawrence, Kansas, was compiled around his commitment to fighting the seemingly impossible giant in the bookselling world: Amazon. This zine includes the open letter he wrote to Jeff Bezos, examples of successful social media activism that produced waves of sucessful economic solidarity for local bookstores, links to other resources, and some sobering words about boycotting. Let this zine inspire you to support independents and stand up to the biggest threats facing our society! |
| Awards |
Kansas Notable Book, 2022. |
| Subject |
Amazon.com (Firm)
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Booksellers and bookselling.
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Independent bookstores.
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Zines.
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Amazon.com (Firm) (OCoLC)fst00752301
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Independent bookstores. (OCoLC)fst00968910
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Booksellers and bookselling. (OCoLC)fst00836492
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| Genre/Form |
Zines. (OCoLC)fst01919987
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Zines.
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| ISBN |
9781621065265 |
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162106526X |
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