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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Caine, Danny.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Equal pay for equal work.

Independent bookstores.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (148 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

How to Resist Amazon and Why

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Microcosm Publishing LLC, 2022.

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 vendors, when their CEO is the richest person in the world while their workers make low wages with impossible quotas... wouldn't you want to resist? Danny Caine, owner of Raven Book Store in Lawrence, Kansas has been an outspoken critic of the seemingly unstoppable Goliath of the bookselling world: Amazon. In this book, he lays out the case for shifting our personal money and civic investment away from global corporate behemoths and to small, local, independent businesses. Well-researched and lively, his tale covers the history of big box stores, the big political drama of delivery, and the perils of warehouse work. He shows how Amazon's ruthless discount strategies mean authors, publishers, and even Amazon themselves can lose money on every book sold. And he spells out a clear path to resistance, in a world where consumers are struggling to get by. In-depth research is interspersed with charming personal anecdotes from bookstore life, making this a readable, fascinating, essential book for the 2020s.

Contents:

Intro

How to Resist Amazon and Why, Updated &amp

Expanded 2nd Edition

PREFACE TO THE 2ND EDITION

INTRODUCTION: WHY HOW TO RESIST AMAZON AND WHY

INTERLUDE 1: A LETTER TO JEFF BEZOS FROM A SMALL BOOKSTORE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY

CHAPTER 1: ON AMAZON AND THE BOOK INDUSTRY

INTERLUDE 2: ON SMALL BUSINESS AND POLITICS

CHAPTER 2: ON AMAZON'S JOBS

INTERLUDE 3: ON WHETHER AMAZON AFFECTS MY WORK AT THE RAVEN

CHAPTER 3: ON AMAZON'S FULFILLMENT PIPELINE

INTERLUDE 4: ON THE RAVEN'S ALL-TIME BEST SELLER

CHAPTER 4: ON AMAZON'S RELATIONSHIP TO PRIVACY AND SURVEILLANCE

INTERLUDE 5: ON PARTNERING WITH AUTHORS

CHAPTER 5: ON AMAZON'S EVERYTHING STORE PROBLEM

INTERLUDE 6: ON BORDERS

CHAPTER 6: ON AMAZON AND THE ENVIRONMENT

INTERLUDE 7: ON ART, ACTIVISM, AND AMAZON

CHAPTER 7: ON AMAZON AND THE GOVERNMENT

INTERLUDE 8: ON DELIGHTS

CHAPTER 8: HOW TO RESIST AMAZON

CHAPTER 9: CONCLUSION

APPENDIX: FOR FURTHER READING

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Cited Sources

ABOUT THE AUTHOR.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781648411243

164841124X

OCLC:

1334887998