Snarwin@kbin.socialtoTechnology@lemmy.world•Cory Doctorow: Kickstarting a book to end enshittification, because Amazon will not carry it
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1 year agoIf you actually read the post, you’ll see that there’s no “business risk”—the entire audiobook is already recorded. He’s just using Kickstarter as a platform to sell pre-orders.
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