veebee@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoCory Doctorow New Book: Enshitificationwww.kickstarter.comexternal-linkmessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1316arrow-down113
arrow-up1303arrow-down1external-linkCory Doctorow New Book: Enshitificationwww.kickstarter.comveebee@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square59fedilink
minus-squaresolrize@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down10·3 days agoI’m glad to hear that. It’s unfortunate that the blurb only described it as an audio book, so I went by without looking into it further.
minus-squarememfree@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·3 days agoDoctorow doesn’t allow DRM on his works (both print and audio) so he can;t distribute through sites lilke Amazon that require it. Instead he runs a kickstarter to pay actual talent to do the audio and distributes through smaller channels.
I’m glad to hear that. It’s unfortunate that the blurb only described it as an audio book, so I went by without looking into it further.
Doctorow doesn’t allow DRM on his works (both print and audio) so he can;t distribute through sites lilke Amazon that require it. Instead he runs a kickstarter to pay actual talent to do the audio and distributes through smaller channels.