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Buying a book should be as easy and permanent as buying an apple.
Democracy depends on it
new from me at nostr:npub1kr60nhk3xrtq4xjcvgqu53s6v2dr8s96t32tur66h0d9pfuzuzasm5v7xu
https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/internet-archive-lawsuit-libraries-books/
Amazon is crawling with travel guides written by AI -- vague, crappy, and pushed up in search results by astroturfed fake five-star reviews: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/05/travel/amazon-guidebooks-artificial-intelligence.html?unlocked_article_code=Gmcb6fkRXSAX7JUdbTpFyhH1lSBWBcI0RuiXgcku3gVTdQV7s_SPvl1tKw76F_txTehAmHdU0bZ3PUoPyH0h-dybeb8_bGL7UzysZynt-SFcx9yByC4wr37_65cVodjr_Z-sRcqUfioeOsUAKJpEECejhG2SlL4jPCoaBG8PFnu_YLKDXA0hkzvhrJnGuD5kw59N8Bz7T7D7UOeJXLkowJnnoB6IDt6bHn6XiBvlH--t6M_9xmGCkNlYdtiiScdbS3ebGG5C3xKkCxwacaT96yLi9NK5dx9YHwhHSPdoVJPqslvVGAwQFvpSQvDvgHZGOFxW09EeUVAHYZl6uI-aSYS0_UfYhcXjDi6J2-M1oFlpWg&smid=url-share
That's a "gift" link so you don't need to be a New York Times subscriber to read it
It's a great investigation, and highlights the real problem, which is ...
... unsurprisingly by now, Amazon seemingly does little-to-nothing to stop this
The site is just soiled top to bottom with fake crap in every category
nostr:npub1typ5we79rr527q30467hfz8ptfy0h8gxpmfn7j64ak6pk6pv4rfszzc8hh f for fake! great piece
I've read about The Villages in Florida for many years but hadn't a clue; nothing comes close to the unique voice and the intimacy, sensitivity and excellence of this essay
https://thelampmagazine.com/issues/issue-17/shadow-on-the-sun