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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: California's antitrust case against Amazon; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2022/09/15/pri…

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Hey, #Toronto! TOMORROW (Sept 16) I'm launching "Chokepoint Capitalism," @Rgibli's and my new book about unrigging creative labour markets. I'll be at @TypeBooks in the Junction at 7PM. Tell your friends!

typebooks.ca/products/choke… 2/

It's the LAST DAY for my kickstarter for a DRM-free audiobook of Chokepoint Capitalism, @rgibli's and my book about how tech- and entertainment monopolies rip off artists, and how to unrig labor markets:

kickstarter.com/projects/docto…

("This book really gets it" - @StephenFry) 3/

California's antitrust case against Amazon: Amazon's monopoly is so noisy, it even managed to wake antitrust's King Log.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1570388980897845249

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Hey look at this

* Brief Essays on Genre: On the Present Tense floggingbabel.blogspot.com/2022/09/brief-…

* Colonizing the Cosmos: Astor’s Electrical Future publicdomainreview.org/essay/colonizi…

* Flo period tracker launches “Anonymous Mode” to fight abortion privacy concerns theverge.com/2022/9/14/2335… 5/

#15yrsago US labels to Canada: stop giving us free money, we prefer to sue web.archive.org/web/2007101021…

#10yrsago Librarians to Hachette: Seriously? You want to triple the cost of ebooks? web.archive.org/web/2012091704… 6/

#10yrsago Malaysia offers “spot the gay kid” seminars for teachers and parents web.archive.org/web/2012091416…

#5yrsago HP once again caught sneaking code into printers to reject third-party ink gizmodo.com/one-year-after… 7/

Yesterday's threads: The Chokepoint Capitalism tour; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1570075490542841856

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My latest book is Attack Surface, a sequel to my bestselling Little Brother books, now in paperback, wherever books are sold.

Signed copies at @darkdel:

darkdel.com/store/p1840/Co… 9/

My book "How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism" is a critique of Big Tech connecting conspiratorial thinking to the rise of tech monopolies (proposing a way to deal with both) is now out in paperback:

onezero.medium.com/how-to-destroy…

Signed copies here:
darkdel.com/store/p2024/Av… 10/

My ebooks and audiobooks (from @torbooks, @HoZ_Books, @mcsweeneys, and others) are for sale all over the net, but I sell 'em too, and when you buy 'em from me, I earn twice as much and you get books with no DRM and no license "agreements."

craphound.com/shop/ 11/

Upcoming appearances:

* Canadians Connected (Ottawa), 9/15
member.cira.ca/Events/Canadia…

* Chokepoint Capitalism, @TypeBooks Junction (Toronto), 9/16, 7PM
eventbrite.ca/e/chokepoint-c…

* Chokepoint Capitalism, @mcnallyjackson (NYC), Sept 19, 7PM
mcnallyjackson.com/event/rebecca-… 12/

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* #UnfinishedLive (NYC), 9/21-23
live.unfinished.com

* Chokepoint Capitalism with @reckless, @NYUEngelberg (NYC) 9/23, 7PM
eventbrite.com/e/chokepoint-c…

* Chokepoint Capitalism, SFPL (San Francisco), 9/25
sfpl.org/events/2022/09… 13/

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* Chokepoint Capitalism, @BookSoup (LA), 9/27
booksoup.com/event/cory-doc…

* Discussing "Adventure Capitalism" with @RayCraib, @SkylightBooks (LA), Sept 29
blog.pmpress.org/events/raymond…

* @WEDF_forum, 10/26-28
worldethicaldataforum.org 14/

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* Arthur C Clarke Award (DC), 11/16
mailchi.mp/2e2b8a01e992/s… 15/

Recent appearances:

* Where’s My Privacy? (@myjetpackca)
wheresmyjetpack.ca/2022/09/14/doc…

* Launch for @Motherboard's Terraform antho
vice.com/en/article/3ad…

* Crypto and the Left (@TBSocialist)
theblockchainsocialist.com/crypto-and-the… 16/

My first picture book is out! It's called Poesy the Monster Slayer and it's an epic tale of bedtime-refusal, toy-hacking and monster-hunting, illustrated by Matt @MCRockefeller. It's the monster book I dreamt of reading to my own daughter.

pluralistic.net/2020/07/14/poe… 17/

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