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Date: Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 7:59 AM<br>Subject: Why You Can't Buy My New Book on Amazon (Yet)<br>To: Michel <<a href="mailto:michelsub2004@gmail.com">michelsub2004@gmail.com</a>><br><br><br><u></u>
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<div style="color:#505050;font-family:Arial;font-size:12px;line-height:16px;text-align:left"><p>Dear friend:</p>
<p>Last week, my new book came out. It's called "<em><a href="http://techpresident.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8b4022bd4853e5600d5fac9f9&id=07c37cb709&e=4b2aa7f225" style="color:#d90028;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">The Big Disconnect: Why the Internet Hasn't Transformed Politics (Yet)</a></em>." I hope you'll check it out.</p>
<p>But that's not why I'm writing you this email. A number of folks have been asking me why <em>The Big Disconnect</em> isn't available on Amazon (yet). Here's why:</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.)</p>
<p>I also like that OR has been developing a rich and diverse line of books on technology and politics. How many other publishers treat "<a href="http://techpresident.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=8b4022bd4853e5600d5fac9f9&id=d1b62f66d2&e=4b2aa7f225" style="color:#d90028;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">The Internet</a>" 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.</p>
<p>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 <em>The Big Disconnect</em> up on Amazon. But just not yet.</p>
<p>All best,</p>
<p>Micah Sifry<br>
Editorial director and curator<br>
Personal Democracy Media</p>
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