How to Resist Amazon and Why

Simultaneously surprised and not surprised while reading this. It's hard not to notice how all-encompassing this corporation can be (he types on one of their websites), but this was a succinct argument and look at exactly what's so bad about that. Also, as someone who reads a lot of physical books and almost exclusively buys everything from local small bookshops, I did not realize that Amazon alone accounts for roughly half of all books sold in the US, and small businesses are only between 6-8% of the pie.

Support your local bookstores and libraries!

My local bookstore did a promotion giving away the print version of this book on indie bookstore day. I walked down just to get it and say hi.

Fun fact the print is really small, so I tracked down the ebook from the publisher, and bought that. The paperback will be gifted to help spread the word.

I've been leery of Amazon for a while, and seeing how things work as an author only re-inforced my worries.

Danny's words resonated and helped push me further from giving amazon my money.