December 2011
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Watch
I’ve been pretty into Rdio lately, which I don’t know why I like it so much better than the more-hyped Spotify, but I do. Maybe it’s because I always felt like Spotify was somehow going to broadcast to everyone when I spent an entire day listening to Jann Arden’s Insensitive on repeat, but Rdio probably has the potential to do that also so who knows.
Anyway, this is a...
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but the main, abridged point
is that consolidation has a terrible effect on the entire publishing chain and ultimately affects not just where you’re able to buy books (which is what most of the excellent responses I’ve read focus on) but also what books are even produced in the first place.
This was already a big problem with the big box chains and becomes an even bigger problem if Amazon becomes sole publisher,...
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Brilliant, Incisive, Informed Essay
I have a lot to say regarding this Farhad Manjoo thing about indie bookstores and Amazon— things I haven’t seen anyone else say yet!— but I’m too lazy to actually write anything so you will just have to imagine all my smart thoughts on the subject.
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“… after our second night together, he told me he had never thought this...”
– From Emily Carter’s excellent Glory Goes and Gets Some, this month’s Emily Books selection.
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