This is f()&^(& ridiculous....

Just went to look up a new book, based on a recommendation from an author whose opinion I find to be pretty good.

But when I went and looked up this book, I found the following prices:

Amazon: $9.40
B&N: $28.49
eBooks.com: $28.49

Freaking insanity. In what world is an eBook price the same as a hardcover edition of the book? How in the hell is Amazon still getting away with this kind of market manipulation bullshittery.

#publising #ebooklover #ebooks #authors #amazon #kindle #kindlesucks

[Veille] la version 2025 de JournalBase est en ligne => http://journalbase.cnrs.fr. Bravo pr la MàJ 👏

Data from : Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ + listes d'autorité +21 000 revues nationales et internationales en #SHS

#research #journals #humanities #socialsciences #LHS #publising #revues #tools #outils

Plan for tomorrow:

— go over proofs of “To Wield Power”

— eat stuff

#writing #publising #book

Plan for tomorrow:

— go over proofs of “To Wield Power”

— eat stuff

#writing #publising #book

[Veille] s'opposer, quitter les Accords "Transformants" (Read & Publish) : "Academic libraries cannot afford to carry on with transformative agreements"; exemple avec Open Journals Collective => https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2025/03/31/academic-libraries-cannot-afford-to-carry-on-with-transformative-agreements/
#openaccess #publising #costofknowledge #openscience
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Drew Broussard lays it on the line:

https://lithub.com/stop-linking-to-amazon-already

#books #reading #writing #bookshops #Amazon #publising #bookstodon @bookstodon

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