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, distributor, retailer and am I forgetting anything?
(For that matter, if algorithms are as smart and superior to people as Manjoo claims, why not just let them write the damn books too, but anyway.)
Anyway, if you would like to live in a world where a couple of people and their handy AI helpers decide what books are able to exist, then have fun!
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Excellent synthesis.
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