How to Resist Amazon and Why: The Fight for Local Economics, Data Privacy, Fair Labor, Independent Bookstores, and a People-Powered Future!

by Danny Caine

When a company's workers are literally dying on the job, when their business model relies on preying on local businesses and even their own vendors, when their CEO is the richest person in the world while their workers make low wages with impossible quotas... wouldn't you want to resist? Danny Caine, owner of Raven Book Store in Lawrence, Kansas has been an outspoken critic of the seemingly unstoppable Goliath of the bookselling Amazon. In this book, he lays out the case for shifting our personal money and civic investment away from global corporate behemoths and to small, local, independent businesses. Well-researched and lively, his tale covers the history of big box stores, the big political drama of delivery, and the perils of warehouse work. He shows how Amazon's ruthless discount strategies mean authors, publishers, and even Amazon themselves can lose money on every book sold. And he spells out a clear path to resistance, in a world where consumers are struggling to get by. In-depth research is interspersed with charming personal anecdotes from bookstore life, making this a readable, fascinating, essential book for the 2020s.

251 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 20, 2022

Reviews

[Tiffany M · Rating 5 out of 5]

Everyone who has a Goodreads account should read this I'm sure my post will be removed as I'm praising this book on GR owned by Amazon.

[Heather Cole · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good suggestions, although a little too in the weeds. Plus I found typos. :(

[ronni · Rating 4 out of 5]

the irony of reading this book and then opening goodreads is not lost on me. i also have a storygraph account guys. let’s all go there so we can stop using goodreads!! @rronnniii