On Capitol Hill, an anonymous bookseller called out Amazon.

If you tuned into yesterday’s historic House Judiciary Subcommittee antitrust hearing, during which the top executives of some of the world’s largest tech companies tried convincing politicians that they weren’t monopolies, you may have heard a bookseller chime in during Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’s questioning. Unfortunately for companies like Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple, “Big […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-07-30 19:54:55 UTC ]
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Booksellers Add TikTok to the Toolbox

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Children's Booksellers Anticipate Happy Holidays

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Self-publishers must declare if content sold on Amazon’s site is AI-generated

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Nielsen won’t force Amazon’s data into ‘Thursday Night Football’ ad deals this year

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The quintessential California bookseller behind City Lights gets his moment

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Sarah Young, ‘Jesus Calling’ Author, Dies at 77

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Mushroom pickers urged to avoid foraging books on Amazon that appear to be written by AI

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Society of Authors calls use of bad reviews for book blurbs ‘morally questionable’

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‘Jesus Calling’ Author Sarah Young’s Health is ‘Rapidly Failing’

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Nielsen and TV networks clash again over Amazon data as MRC debates adoption

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Clara Luper’s Diamonds and Acts of Radical Love: A Conversation with Cornel West, by Karlos K. Hill

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