[P2P-F] Fwd: Why You Can't Buy My New Book on Amazon (Yet)

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Why You Can't Buy My New Book on Amazon (Yet)

  Dear friend:

Last week, my new book came out. It's called "*The Big Disconnect: Why the
Internet Hasn't Transformed Politics (Yet)
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I hope you'll check it out.

But that's not why I'm writing you this email. A number of folks have been
asking me why *The Big Disconnect* isn't available on Amazon (yet). Here's
why:

I want to support independent publishing, which isn't an easy thing to do
in the Age of Amazon. My publisher, OR Books, is a small but successful
four-year-old press that works closely with each of its authors. Since it
isn't publishing hundreds of books a year, it can give each book real
attention. An OR book is like a artisanal tomato from a nearby farm, rather
than a homogenized product from a giant agribusiness.

OR Books is also working hard to support and sustain a community of engaged
readers. So each time OR publishes a new book, it starts by only selling it
from its website, direct to you the reader. That way, when you buy a book
from them, they can get to know you. (Amazon keeps all of that kind of
customer data to itself, by contrast.)

I also like that OR has been developing a rich and diverse line of books on
technology and politics. How many other publishers treat "The Internet
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as a key part of their catalog? People like Julian Assange, Jacob
Applebaum, Jeremie Zimmerman, Douglas Rushkoff, Laura Flanders, David Moon,
Patrick Ruffini, and David Segal have also done books with them.

So, right now, my new book is only available online from OR Books. I get
that Amazon is really convenient, but it's just as easy to get books
directly from OR. (They also sell DRM-free e-book versions that will
happily work with your Kindle, iPad, Nook or Sony reader.) Eventually,
we'll put *The Big Disconnect* up on Amazon. But just not yet.

All best,

Micah Sifry
Editorial director and curator
Personal Democracy Media

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