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    grid11@lemy.nl to Books@lemmy.world · 3 months ago

    Whistleblower book Meta blocked from promotion is now an Amazon best seller

    mashable.com

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    Whistleblower book Meta blocked from promotion is now an Amazon best seller

    mashable.com

    grid11@lemy.nl to Books@lemmy.world · 3 months ago
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    If you tell people not to read a book, they're definitely going to read it.
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    • Photuris@lemmy.ml
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      Just ordered my copy!

      And not from Amazon.

      • Underfreyja@lemmy.ca
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        Just baught the E Book!

        On Kobo!

        • FauxLiving@lemmy.world
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          Acquired it from a rodent who wishes to stay anonymous

          • madjo@feddit.nl
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            Anna?

      • This is fine🔥🐶☕🔥@lemmy.world
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        Same.

      • TheThrillOfTime@lemmy.ml
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        Where’s a good place to buy books from not Amazon?

        • FriskyDingo@sh.itjust.works
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          Barnes and noble has it. Also, try thriftbooks.com.

        • sploosh@lemmy.world
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          Powells.com, the largest independent book seller I’m aware of.

        • Match!!@pawb.social
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          go into a local bookstore and ask them

        • Photuris@lemmy.ml
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          Thrift books

    • Let's Go 2 the Mall!@lemmy.world
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      Barnes and Noble has it. don’t buy from amazon.

      • AliasAKA@lemmy.world
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        Even better, buy it through bookshop.org and also support a local bookstore: https://bookshop.org/p/books/careless-people-a-cautionary-tale-of-power-greed-and-lost-idealism/22213433

        The hard cover is on back order, but they sell an ebook version.

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          This link goes to a 404 error

          • AliasAKA@lemmy.world
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            Thanks! Should be fixed!

      • That Weird Vegan@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        deleted by creator

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        What’s so bad about Amazon? It’s nice to have 2 day shipping and not have to go out of your way to get somewhere.

        • Let's Go 2 the Mall!@lemmy.world
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          they treat their employees like garbage. they are union busters. Bozos backed a felon for US president. Just to name a few.

        • IndustryStandard@lemmy.world
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          They provide the cloud infrastructure for the Israeli army.

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      “Book from a whistleblower - titled ‘Meta’ - that was declined from being promoted is now a best seller on Amazon”

      Sometimes I hate the whole “proper prose title” that articles use

      Edit:
      Perhaps it’s “Book from whistleblower that Meta blocked from being promoted is now a best seller on Amazon”.
      I didn’t read the article. The title broke my brain

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        Heck, prose aside, is there something wrong with commas?

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          Those are used to replace “and” obviously.

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          It’s just that punctuation is not meant to be used in titles.

          English has a bunch of weird rules.

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        “Book from a whistleblower - titled ‘Meta’ - that was declined from being promoted is now a best seller on Amazon”

        No? "Book from a whistleblower that Meta blocked from being promoted is now a best seller on Amazon ".

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          Book from a whistleblower, that Meta blocked from being promoted, is now a best seller on Amazon

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            Book from a whistleblower—which Meta blocked from being promoted—is now a best seller on Amazon.

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          Meta promotes books?
          Updated the comment

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      Funniest thing, I would’ve never known about this book if Meta hadn’t tried to block the sales of it. Definitely going to read it and see how it is.

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      Barbara strikes again!

      • SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        Streisand! Streisand! Streisand!

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        I wonder if we could get Barbara to endorse or at least comment on this book on whatever social media she’s on.

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      Whoops!

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      How the fuck is an anti-disparagement clause even allowed to exist and how the fuck is it enforceable 8 years after she no longer works for the company, that’s absolutely bullshit.

      Normally I would hope for the government to step in and say this is not remotely legal. But unfortunately our government is currently in the hands of billionaire buddy Donnie F Trump.

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      Adding it to the TBR.

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