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Inside: All the books I reviewed in 2022; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2022/12/01/boo…

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On Mon (Dec 5), I'll be at @Northeastern's @BurnesCenter in #Boston to talk about @RGibli's and my book *Chokepoint Capitalism* with the @NU_CAMD(it's also a webcast):

northeastern.zoom.us/webinar/regist… 2/

My publisher @TorBooks and @Goodreads are drawing for a giveaway of advance copies of my next novel, "Red Team Blues," a Silicon Valley forensic accounting thriller about a cryptocurrency heist - If you're in the US or Canada, enter here to win a copy:

goodreads.com/giveaway/show/… 3/

All the books I reviewed in 2022: A year in books.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1598349989532819461

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Hey look at this

* EFF's Protect the Stack protectthestack.org

* Each copy of @nomediakings's excellent novel *We Are Raccoons* has a unique AI-generated cover jimmunroe.net/WAR/

* Cam Towers to Spy Blimps, Images of Border Spytech from @EFF eff.org/deeplinks/2022… 5/

#15yrsago US government tells UK that the US can legally kidnap Britons harpers.org/2007/12/kidnap…

#10yrsago Dairy farmer protests hose down EU and cops with milk telegraph.co.uk/news/picturega… 6/

#5yrsago The DoJ is going to make Shkreli sell off his unreleased Wu-Tang and Lil Wayne albums, his Picasso and his Enigma machine theverge.com/2017/12/1/1672…

#5yrsago #Elsagate: a subreddit that’s sleuthing out the weird videos of Youtube Kids reddit.com/r/ElsaGate/ 7/

#5yrsago Jeremy Corbyn to Morgan Stanley: you’re goddamned right we’re a threat to you reuters.com/article/us-bri…

#1yrago Fintech is a scam, a listicle in eight parts pluralistic.net/2021/12/01/sat… 8/

Yesterday's threads: Booz Allen ticketmastered America's public lands; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1597930658126610432

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My latest book is Chokepoint Capitalism (with @rgibli), nonfiction about monopoly and fairness in creative labor markets.

chokepointcapitalism.com

Signed copies available from @BookSoup:

booksoup.com/book/978080700… 10/

My latest novel 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… 11/

My ebooks and audiobooks (from @torbooks, @HoZ_Books, @mcsweeneys, @beaconPressBks et al) 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/ 12/

Upcoming appearances:

* Chokepoint Capitalism: A Conversation/@Northeastern/@BurnesCenter/@NU_CAMD (Boston/webcast), 12/5
northeastern.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

* Library Learning Experience/@ALALibrary (New Orleans), 1/27-30
2023.alaliblearnx.org/cory-doctorow 13/

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* Chokepoint Capitalism: Can It Be Defeated? (@UCLLaws), 2/1
ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/20…

* @Aus_Digital Copyright Forum (Canberra), 2/17:
digital.org.au/2022/11/08/doc… 14/

Recent appearances:

* @BridgeTales (with @seananmcguire)
talesfromthebridge.buzzsprout.com/1795352/117887…

* @if_this_goes_on
itgodp.libsyn.com/chokepoint-cap…

* @NewBooksNetwork
newbooksnetwork.com/chokepoint-cap… 15/

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My latest @Medium column is "Poe vs. Property: A detective story of shifting rationalizations"

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