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submitted 1 week ago by transscribe9468@literature.cafe to c/books@lemmy.world

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Bookshop.org now partners with the evil company so I guess now we just go directly to the publisher's website to buy.

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[–] Yaky@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Gotta love feature creep. Music was not enough, let's add podcasts, then add audiobooks, then add videos, now physical books.

[–] transscribe9468@literature.cafe 4 points 1 week ago

they need to be stopped

[–] drdiddlybadger@pawb.social 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Isnt this a good thing though? Its directing physical book sales to bookstores.

[–] transscribe9468@literature.cafe 7 points 1 week ago

it's tied to a company that invests in military AI... it's a pass from me.