I previously reviewed Jorge Carrion's Bookshops a fascinating trip in the most known, famous, little, characteristics, bookshops across the world. An amazing cultural trip in grade to leave in the reader a bigger knowledge of bookshops to visit when in a certain city, with the certainty to find great readings. After all what are bookshops if not places where to spend all the possible time in? No sure you, but I could enter in a bookshop and with tranquillity I could stay there also for a long time, because it just takes time to choose some readings.A bookshop is a continuous discovery, and it's a pick up, put down, reading plots, considering the moment, the author and the current desire of what to read. In most cases when you enter in a bookshop with some ideas you return home with books completely differents from the ones you would have wanted to pick up. And happier because that books are the answer for your present existential moment.
This little pamphlet written by Carrion Contre Amazon 1 Manifest 7 Reasons is a little book published in France by La Nouvel Attila against Amazon and his owner, Jeff Bezos.
Carrion analyzes the begin of everything. Bezos decided to give up his work in Wall Street. He started to live in Seattle, selling books, online. It sounded the new frontier.
Why this hate for Amazon? Because Amazon was born as an online bookstore, but the fact is, it hasn't never been, adds Carrion. Electric books and the birth of Kindle meant to all of us also a new existential conditiond: being spied by Amazon.
What we read, how quickly we read; and much much more.These informations, plus of course our list of ebooks create a strong profile of who a person is in terms of tastes. But, substancially, we are different from robots. We are humans.
Plus, as Carrion affirms firmly: there is nothing more positive and refreshing than to stop by in a bookstore, staying there peacefully for a lot of time searching for new books.
Carrion will also explain how Amazon works, and the plan for implementing its power in the world in every possible ways, also with a program called Kindle Reading Fund. Another criticity of Amazon is that in that online retailer you can find every possible book including the manifesto of Hitler and dangerous books for the humanity. A criteria this one without too much ethicity. Not only, but Carrion specify that more than been an online bookstore, at the moment Amazon is an online hypermarket where you can buy this world and the other.
Very interesting! Highly recommended.
I received this ebook via Elodie, during the days of french confimenent.
Anna Maria Polidori
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