How to Resist Amazon and Why, Danny Caine
How to Resist Amazon and Why, Danny Caine
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How to Resist Amazon and Why
The Fight for Local Economics, Data Privacy, Fair Labor, Independent Bookstores, and a People-Powered Future!

Author: Danny Caine

Narrator: Danny Caine

Unabridged: 3 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Pear Press

Published: 04/20/2021

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

When a company's workers are literally dying on the job, and its business model relies on preying on local businesses and even their own companies, and its CEO is the richest person in the world while its workers make minimum wage with impossible quotas...wouldn't you want to resist? Danny Caine, owner of Raven Book Store in Lawrence, Kansas, compiled this zine about his commitment to fighting Amazon. Includes: the open letter he wrote to Jeff Bezos, examples of successful social media activism, links to other resources, and some sobering words about boycotting.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Zade

Like everyone else, I recognize the irony (and hypocrisy) of reviewing this book on an Amazon-owned platform. But until you all move to the StoryGraph, this is where my community is and it's where I'll post my review. I'm far behind the times in reading this little book. The Raven (Caine's bookstore......more

Goodreads review by Sophia

I pre-ordered this insightful lil zine directly from its publisher, Microcosm Publishing, and was thrilled when it arrived within the week of its release date. While this zine didn’t tell me anything shockingly new, it did give an new perspective on Amazon’s damage to independent American business f......more

Goodreads review by Jo

I feel really shitty about posting this on goodreads of all places but alas, I am weak and devoted to this website. Anyway, fuck Jeff Bezos.......more

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