Why do #publishers exist?
They exists to make publications: to make things public. It's right there in the name.
But "publishers" as they exist now have the exact opposite mission. Their business model is to PREVENT things from being public — as in this iniquitous lawsuit: https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/24/23655804/internet-archive-hatchette-publisher-ebook-library-lawsuit
So. I will never again knowingly buy any book "published" by Hachette, HarperCollins, John Wiley & Sons or Penguin Random House. I won't give my money to content-hoarding corporations.
Mike Taylor /
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2024-03-23 12:01:11
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