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Allow This Man to Explain the Situation

01/04/2022 by Debbi

Ever get the feeling that there are so many apps and other sparkly thangs out there, that we’re being (almost deliberately) distracted to the point where no one is actually consuming what we create. Or we’re spending more time figuring out the latest social medium or life hack than we are creating our work.

BTW, I picked the above photo, because I couldn’t find a decent one for free that expressed the concept of antitrust law. Frankly, the creators of those laws (which date back to the late 19th century) could never have foreseen the manner in which commerce is conducted today.

And nowhere is the problem summed up better than in Lina Khan’s law review article on Amazon’s Antitrust Paradox. Khan, who has since been appointed head of the Federal Trade Commission, lays it all out very logically. But if you simply don’t want to read it, you should watch this video.

It pretty much says the same thing she did. (And I did. More than ten years ago.)

However, feel free to just ignore me. 🙂

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My Book Review of ‘What’s Yours is Mine’

10/12/2021 by Debbi

Hi! Today, I’m reviewing What’s Yours is Mine by Tom Slee. You can’t really see the cover, but you get the idea, I think. And so in any case, I did like this book and you’ll hardly be surprised by why, if you have been listening to or reading any of my stuff lately.

My Indie Publishing Story – Part Two

05/11/2021 by Debbi

In 2011, I blogged repeatedly about my concerns about Amazon. I made an analogy that people quite likely ~~thought was ridiculous~~ ~~was insane~~ ~~was inappropriate/offensive~~ never gave any credence to~~, assuming they gave a damn what I had to say~~.

But some authors flocked to the Internet giant. And others stayed staunchly indie, even though we would not get whatever ~~bribe~~ ~~special treatment~~ incentive we might get by being Amazon-exclusive.

My Indie Author Journey Continues

10/13/2020 by Debbi

Hi everyone. Yeah. I’m going to talk a little bit more about my own experiences as an indie author, which have not all been wonderful. I hope you don’t mind that I refer to notes every now and then, because frankly, the material is important. It’s important for you to understand what happened and how it happened. And what I want to get into a little bit today is the history of indie publishing in terms of the importance of Amazon, the significance of Amazon. Okay. I mentioned before that everything was really great in 2011 and I thought, Oh, you know, I’m selling well, people like my books, they’re putting up good reviews. So the more books I write, the better I’ll do. Right? So I’ll just keep coming out with a book a year and hopefully everybody will keep buying and I’ll do great.