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0 pointsbriandear2y ago0 comments

What’s wrong with Amazon? They made it possible for self published writers to actually make a living. They disrupted the big five publishers and have done a lot for independent writers. Even the indy bookstores require an author to go through corporate publishing gatekeepers. Amazon gives literally any writer an opportunity to sell books.

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izzydata2y ago

Amazon is too big. It attracts too many bots and fake reviews. They also have no incentive to remove fake positive removes as it is a conflict of interest for them to sell as many books as possible.

bluefishinit2y ago

I buy tons of books through Amazon and own a Kindle. That being said they're horrible at running book social networks. Of the two they bought they killed one and froze development on Goodreads. A federated book community will stop them from swooping in and killing the whole party.

guerrilla2y ago

It's a blatant conflict of interest for the book store and the book review to be the same company.

vidarh2y ago

I use Amazon a lot, but that doesn't change the rot that set in for Goodreads after Amazon bought them.

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