They really stress Amazon

Another friend recommended sending copies to book YouTubers. I thought that was a good idea

I'll check out BookSprout

I'd rather not use Amazon

I advise against it until further notice ++ do you really think Bezos is smart enough not to kill the golden goose by cutting it open aka: throwing any/all kindle rights into the woodchipper and agreeing to a deal with other publishers to sacrifice things onto the bonfire of consumption we call "AI"

Doubly worse: he probably knows the fucking firestorm backlash that would cause, so would do it in secret :|

...yeah it may change at some point but i trust Amazon about as far as i could throw them.

I trust them so much less than that

Which sucks because Amazon is a big popularity outlet

Yup

I could save them but I have a kind of watchman "no. Get fucked" reaction struggling against my "but the world CC, save the fucking world you live in it"

Watchmen referenced!

The Unbelievable Scale of AI’s Pirated-Books Problemtimely!

https://archive.is/... speaking of piracy

But srsly thus is also monumental important as proving the connection to Zuckerberg and Russia and so on.

It's a big club and you ain't in it

CC: it's not going to be hell in a week, right?
Moosey: I feel like you're doing the Anakin Padme meme and I'm just keeping quiet...
CC: being Anakin
Moosey: yeah it gets worse from here
CC: nooooooooooooooo /Darth vader

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