Kickstarting a book to end enshittification, because Amazon will not carry it
“The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation” comes out from Verso on Sept 5.
Next weekend (Aug 4–6), I’ll be in Austin for Armadillocon, a science fiction convention, where I’m the Guest of Honor:
My next book is The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation: it’s a Big Tech disassembly manual that explains how to disenshittify the web and bring back the old good internet. The hardcover comes from Verso on Sept 5, but the audiobook comes from me — because Amazon refuses to sell my audio:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/doctorow/the-internet-con-how-to-seize-the-means-of-computation
Amazon owns Audible, the monopoly audiobook platform that controls >90% of the audio market. They require mandatory DRM for every book sold, locking those books forever to Amazon’s monopoly platform. If you break up with Amazon, you have to throw away your entire audiobook library.
