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Why is Amazon so bad? https://www.ethicalconsumer.org/compa...

My video on responsibility:    • 'Keep Calm and Carry On' is a lie.  
My video on why Goodreads isn’t great:    • Goodreads is dead. What now?  

An exemployee, who asked for anonymity, told us: "From a Friday to a Friday our target was to generally destroy 130,000 items a week.
https://www.itv.com/news/20210621/a...

** WAYS TO ACT **

If you cannot boycott, or if you can and you’d like to do other things: 
 link to the petition: https://act.gp/3j3zKoO

** PHYSICAL BOOKS ALTERNATIVES **

I didn’t include this in the video as it was getting so long and the long and short of it is that the best thing to do is buy from your local independent bookshop if you have one.
Here’s how to find yours if you’re in the UK:

And here’s some other cool places to buy from if you’d like to order online:
https://www.booksellers.org.uk/booksh...

https://www.betterworldbooks.com/
https://uk.bookshop.org/
worldofbooks.com

REMINDER THAT AUTHORS STILL DO GET PAID FROM YOU GETTING IT OUT OF THE LIBRARY

** GOODREADS ALTERNATIVES **

Storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/
Spreadsheet:    • 2021 Reading Spreadsheet (With Download)  
Sanne’s diary: https://www.waterstones.com/book/book...

** EBOOK ALTERNATIVES **

I buy my ebooks from Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/'>https://www.kobo.com/
I haven’t tried these people yet but they’re supposed to be pretty ethical: https://www.ebooks.com/
  / 1415679579180523539  

Why Calibre doesn't do it anymore: https://manual.calibreebook.com/drm....

** AMAZON PRIME ALTERNATIVES **

All the obvious ones but also:
https://broadwayhd.com/

** AUDIOBOOKS ALTERNATIVES **

https://libro.fm/
https://www.kobo.com/'>https://www.kobo.com/
Your local library!
There are also audiobooks on Spotify if you look for them! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i...

** Other alternatives you lot have told me about in the comments **

https://try.scribd.com/
https://www.bookbeat.co.uk/
https://www.storytel.com/ (not available in the UK)
https://onyxboox.com/product

** FURTHER READING IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN THE WEIRD WORLD OF ETHICS AND BOOKS **

https://about.ebooks.com/ebookscoms...

https://goodereader.com/blog/electron...
declineindicatingreversedigitization

https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/12/2...

https://www.ethicalconsumer.org/retai...

VIDEO ON THE US v UK Utopia tv series:    • Utopia (2020)  A Very Salty Review  

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