/lit/ - Literature

>>14779303
No, he just wants high market share on those fronts. That's why the Kindle is mediocre shit.

He who controls knowledge controls the universe

>>14779310
it's fun and games until you realize it's happening

>>14779310
>>14779307
>>14779303
use libgen. paying for books is immoral. responsible adults always pirate books.

>>14779319
I like physical, but im willing to change my view

Just buy your books from places other than Amazon. And for books that you don't want to buy and own in the physical, but still want to read, use libgen.

>>14779310
Pic related is Jeff Bezos after he succeeds

>>14779332
One man's boycott isn't going to make a difference

>>14779310
this is what women and ''''''''''''''''''enlightened''''''''''''' bourgeois believe

>>14779334
yikes, that was pretty unfunny and therefore kind of cringey my man. no offense

>>14779319
Libgen isn't perfect. There are books digitized there that are low quality scans. That problem is not as common for the popular books but it can get iffy when you're reading obscure or out of print titles. I paid a good amount of money for an obscure book Libgen couldn't provide -- the only available copy was a shit tier scan with bent pages that made some pages unreadable. I don't particularly regret it. There are plenty of legitimate reasons to purchase a book beyond superficial claims of fiscal irresponsibility made on one's behalf.

>>14779336
I'm not boycotting. I just don't keep a credit card so I just buy my books elsewhere. Besides, local sellers almost alway shave better prices than Amazon, if I didn't know so many people use it I wouldn't even think about them when it comes to books.

>>14779303
>trying to monopolize books
You're kidding right? You're flashing back to 1997, right?

>>14779379
I wasn't around back then

>>14779390
Time for employed people to own their fair share of the means of production.

>>14779407
I'm more into the memes of production

>>14779319
Based, I'll never ever pay for a digital book whose author is dead.

>>14779303
All of those are unprofitable (profits are made public, look it up) and act as front for the CIA money laundering project. Reminder that amazon makes its money from the cloud services it provides to american intelligence agencies. Bezos isn't a multibillionaire, he is a bag holder for CIA crime money.

>>14779303
I rate this merger a "broken marriage/10".

>>14779344
shut up you queer

It's a type of horizontal integration and it can be used to increase efficiency. It allows Amazon to market and sell books at reduced cost. Bezos isn't massively wealthy because he got lucky, he's a very good businessman.

>>14779303
Also abebooks

>>14781006
That's bullshit tho, cos goodreads and amazons databases are orthogonal. Authors have to submit their own shit on goodreads

>>14781125
>tho, cos
Fuck off

>>14781146
its true tho

>>14779303
He could do whatever he wants; There will always be a Library Genesis.

>>14781169
Stop talking like a nigger.

>>14779303
Maybe he just LOVES BOOKS
come to think of it, he does bear a striking resemblance to...

>>14779303
The fact that he is a billionaire doesn't change the fact that he is still bald.

>>14779303
>>14781232

>>14779319
I search the book on ebay then sort by lowest price first and buy the cheapest used copy that isnt totally destroyed
Is this an acceptable compromise?

>>14781271
maybe. A lot of used book sellers are owned by Amazon a well. I know abebooks is.

>>14779303
LMAOOO I always see this bald guy, who is he?

>>14781716
jeff bezos, richest person in the world

>>14779319
Modernist Bread has shit scans, as do many other expensive or rare books. Maybe what you say is true for titles with dead authors? (But only in certain circumstances)

>>14781716
he looks like a psychic medium, like the kind that would have a reality tv show

>>14781723
That would be Bill Gates

>>14779303
you do know amazon used to only sell books, right?

>>14781716
haha same xd

>>14779303
>"titan of tech"
>gets hacked by sandniggers
this is the world we live in

why duddn he just pay for some hair

>>14779303
Amazon started out as an online bookstore, didn't it?

>>14782681
He already owns whole foods. In a few decades he will likely become an immortal cyborg, run space with Blue Origin, and manipulate knowledge after monopolizing it

publishers control books retard

>>14779303
If I could kill one person and one person only, and get away with it, it would be Jeff for sure. Bourgy basterd needs to burn.

>>14779303
amazon started as an online book retailer retard

>>14779319
I use Zlibrary if I can’t find the book at the local used bookstore, but sometimes the EPUB formatting is shit when I put it on my kindle via calibre

>>14779303
Amazon was originally just an online book store anon

>>14783933
>>14783858
>>14782479
...and.... so what?

>>14784238
Did you know that Amazon was originally a book store on the internet? I assume that you must know this??

you know he was just a bastard in a basket. they should have left him in the california desert

>14784242
I ask again... so what? That further proves my case. Why is this guy so obsessed with books?

>>14779336
no, but it may help if other people happen to boycott at the same time. live your life righteously, only buying from businesses you support when given the choice, maybe you'll help or maybe you won't.

>>14782681
He doesn't need to COPE with anything when he's literally richer than most countries.

>>14781716
LMAO he the rich nigga bruh

>>14782761
how so?

>>14784610
imagine being so rich you are beyond social dogma, like not in a "I don't give a fuck" way, but in a "you give me your fucks" kinda way

>>14785002
LMAOOOOOO bruhh this boy can buy sooo many chaains

>>14785087
All the chains bruh

>>14779303
Did you know that Amazon was originally called Endless? Even today Endless.com redirects to Amazon

>>14784610
>>14785077
You seriously don't think he doesn't look in the mirror every day and wishes he had a full head of hair?

>>14785407
>Endless.com
I am more surprised that every single website doesn't redirect to Amazon. Maybe in 25 years.

And yet the Kindle still sucks fucking ass

>>14785426
I think he gets his head polished while getting head and being told how manly bald people look

>>14785514
almost every page has an amazon link

>>14784238
>>14784242
So retards he owned an online bookstore that propelled him into becoming the richest man in the world.. maybe just maybe this isn’t a conspiracy to control literature/information

>>14779303
Compared to the four biggest publishers, how does Amazon as a publishing institution do in regard to sales, authors, market share, and bestsellers?

>>14785552
go order the turner diaries on amazon.
I'll wait.

>>14785555
what about it, quads?

>>14785566
you can't, is the point, dubdubs.

>>14785407
i did not know that. weird when you THINK about it..... where did he go to school?

>>14785719
University of Egghead
majoring in omelette scramble

>>14779344
epic reddit moment

>>14779303


That's the Jeff Bezos billionaire guy, right? I heard he was in New Zealand where his bunker is located. He might be going into hiding because of the Coronavirus, the Covid-19 disease. It's some serious stuff. Stop by /pol/ and look for the /cvg/ threads, the Coronavirus general threads. The world is in a whole lot of trouble. SARS-Cov-2 is to the whole world he same way that Hurricane Michael was to the South Eastern Coast of the U.S. in 2018. But it's going to be a large body count.

You people should prepare for the pandemic, the worldwide calamity. Should've started preparing a month ago.

>>14781816
No he isn't

>>14786189
Thank you schizo poster

>>14786189
>50,000 infected
>20 dead
It's nothing.

>>14786220

Don't believe the numbers that China is giving to the public, they are lying and underreporting the number of cases as well as the number of people who have died. Don't believe the mainstream media either, they're just repeating what China says.

>>14786189
and here we see the bugman fed by mainstread media with coronavirus hysteria.

>>14786220 #

Don't believe the numbers that China is giving to the public, they are lying and underreporting the number of cases as well as the number of people who have died. Don't believe the mainstream media either, they're just repeating what China says. The viral outbreaks in multiple countries is happening.

>>14786280
this
The CCP can't be trusted at all, they're literally locking niggas inside their own homes

>>14781708
>>14781013
book depository too

>>14785067
publishers print what they want. if you don't make it through the pipeline your book never gets published. even if it does, there are only a finite amount of space at commercial seller shelves. if anything amazon has increased the accessibility of books by eliminating that finite shelf space.