Is this why indie bookstores are dying out?

[Dave Monroe]

I'm on yr side. I'd also add, there are an awful lotta people who simply
don't read anymore. I'm sadly becoming one of them. I brought a short stack
of short, onehanded books for surgery/rehab, and have only read several
chapters of a (Murakami!) book a friend brought me (presented after my
annual well, thank God theNobel didn't go to Murakami, at least, rant). His
"running" memoir. I think it was intended to be inspiration, but it's a
pretty straightforward read, @ least, and it's making me more sympathetic
to him, @ least, so ... otherwise, TCM, MeTV (see my Facbook page),
attempting to sleep, and regular bloodlettings, so ...

Me " case mgr," who  i think was played by Jane Lynch, was actully yelling
at me yesterday, but I think it was her last day, so ...

On Saturday, October 18, 2014, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:
> Interesting argument I would have had more faith in had I not read a
> counter-argument yesterday:
>
>
http://www.salon.com/2014/10/14/amazons_selfish_defender_hugh_howeys_short_sighted_ayn_rand_ian_argument_harms_book_culture/
>
> I really enjoyed the first installment in Howey's Wool trilogy. But
> I'm increasingly distrustful of the whole social media/sharing
> economy, since its basically Amazon/Uber/AirBnB marketing unregulated
> business models as if they're grass-roots community farmers markets.
> It's the libertarian meritocracy argument - if you work hard you'll
> get great reviews from your peers on Urbanspoon and Tripadvisor and
> Goodreads and the cream will rise blah blah blah. We'll charge you a
> tiny fraction along the way (that adds up to a whole lot), you'll have
> no legal protection and in some cases ownership of your own work,
> won't be able to refute criticism, and sometimes we'll allow people to
> buy their way above you without letting anyone know. We also sell your
> data to advertisers, which is where the real money is.
>
> Feel free to share.
>
> On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 8:02 PM, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com>
wrote:
>>
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rachel-thompson/is-this-why-indie-booksto_b_5991982.html?utm_hp_ref=books&ir=Books
>
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