Mastodawn

Dystopia Status Level: ADS IN BOOKS 😡

My dear readers, you can leave Amazon, I promise. Even reducing Amazon usage helps, but *especially* for books. There are alternatives.

Here's how to find them:
https://susankayequinn.com/how-to-buy-sues-books-a-guide-to-retailers

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Nick Lockwood Mar 21

@susankayequinn I don't disagree with the sentiment, but what is the Amazon connection here? Are you saying Amazon inserted this text without the Author's permission? That the same book bought elsewhere doesn't include it?

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Sue is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱

@nicklockwood Amazon has already put chatbots inside their ebooks, and the threat to put ads in ebooks is longstanding (by Amazon, it's not Kobo out here saying "hey, you know what, what if we put ads in literally every square inch of everything"). I don't know the provenance of this example — for all I know it's the author lazily using AI; or it's spoof — but I know this is where everything is headed and getting of Amazon is the right approach, and start now.