• Cory Doctorow@mamot.frOP
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    10 months ago

    #5yrsago Not customers: doctors have patients, libraries have patrons, lawyers have clients and teachers have students

    #5yrsago Trump chose a thin-skinned, blowhard ignoramus as ambassador to Germany, and now no one will talk to him except Nazis

    #5yrsago An embroidered computer whose circuits are ornate, golden thread

    #1yrago Booklist on “Red Team Blues”

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      • Cory Doctorow@mamot.frOP
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        10 months ago

        My latest novel is “The Lost Cause,” a solarpunk novel of radical hope in the climate emergency, from Tor Books (US)/Head of Zeus (UK):

        Signed, personalized copies available from Dark Delicacies:

        https://www.darkdel.com/store/p3007/Pre-Order_Signed_Copies%3A_The_Lost_Cause_HB.html#/

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        My latest nonfiction book is “The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation” from Verso Books:

        Signed copies available from Book Soup:

        Both are national bestsellers!

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        • Cory Doctorow@mamot.frOP
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          10 months ago

          My ebooks and audiobooks (from Tor Books, Head of Zeus, McSweeneys, Beacon, Verso 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.”

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          • Cory Doctorow@mamot.frOP
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            10 months ago

            Upcoming appearances:

            • Books & Books (#CoralGables, #Florida), Jan 22

            • Marshall McLuhan Lecture 2024 (#Berlin), Jan 29

            • The Lost Cause at Otherland (#Berlin), Jan 30

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              • Cory Doctorow@mamot.frOP
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                10 months ago

                You can follow these posts as a daily blog at pluralistic.net: no ads, trackers, or data-collection!

                Here’s today’s edition:

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                If you prefer a newsletter, subscribe to the plura-list, which is ad-/tracker-free, and is utterly unadorned save a single daily emoji. Today’s is “👩🏻‍🎨”. Suggestions solicited for future emojis!

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                • Cory Doctorow@mamot.frOP
                  1·
                  10 months ago

                  I’m Kickstarting the audiobook for The Bezzle, sequel to Red Team Blues, narrated by #WilWheaton! Pre-order the audiobook and ebook, DRM free, as well as the hardcover. There’s also bundles with Red Team Blues in ebook, audio or paperback:

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