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It’s bots all the way down at kindle unlimited
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Anyone that buys anything from Amazon is also part of the problem. Support your local bookshop while you still can.
I mean, most of my reading comes from authors who are literally only on amazon. And they're only on amazon because it's impossible to make a living trying to sell your book anywhere else. Brandon Sanderson has brought attention to this issue.
I'm supporting indie authors in a sub-genre that you literally can't even find in a physical bookstore. I get that bookstores are hurting, but I had to make a choice between small time authors and small time book stores.
A store cannot survive on good will alone unfortunately. As much as I like my local bookstore, Amazon provides more content in more formats. It's just better from every angle.
Don't worry, your utopian vision of streets full of closed shops and associated tumbleweed will be here soon enough.
I like reading ebooks on my phone or tablet. Google and Amazon make acquisition easy in that regard.
So yes I am part of 'the problem' whatever that means.
Good for you. Just remember that monopolies rarely have your or the little authors' interests at the centre of their business plans. It's seems to be mainly about owning big yachts and rocket companies.