How to Resist Amazon and Why: The Fight for Local Economics, Data Privacy, Fair Labor, Independent Bookstores, and a People-Powered Future!

Written by Danny Caine

Narrated by Danny Caine

When a company's workers are literally dying on the job, and its business model relies on preying on local businesses and even their own companies, and its CEO is the richest person in the world while its workers make minimum wage with impossible quotas...wouldn't you want to resist? Danny Caine, owner of Raven Book Store in Lawrence, Kansas, compiled this zine about his commitment to fighting Amazon. Includes: the open letter he wrote to Jeff Bezos, examples of successful social media activism, links to other resources, and some sobering words about boycotting.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Pear Press
• Release date: Apr 20, 2021
• ISBN: 9781732380394

Danny Caine

Danny Caine is the author of the book How to Resist Amazon and Why, as well as the poetry collections Continental Breakfast, El Dorado Freddy’s, and Flavortown. One of the owners of the Raven Book Store in Lawrence, Kansas, he was named Midwest Bookseller of the Year in 2019. More at dannycaine.com.

Reviews for How to Resist Amazon and Why

[jwilker-1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

My local bookstore did a promotion giving away the print version of this book on indie bookstore day. I walked down just to get it and say hi.

Fun fact the print is really small, so I tracked down the ebook from the publisher, and bought that. The paperback will be gifted to help spread the word.

I've been leery of Amazon for a while, and seeing how things work as an author only re-inforced my worries.

Danny's words resonated and helped push me further from giving amazon my money.