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Against Amazon: and Other Essays by Jorge Carrión

frauadarain's review against another edition

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informative relaxing medium-paced

5.0

professorbageldorf's review against another edition

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4.0

3.5 rounded up. Some essays are so great and insightful that I just highlight within every paragraph on the page. And then with others I struggle to focus and retain what I read. A portion of that is a me-problem but also the book just didn’t always grab me.

girlgoesbookish's review against another edition

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4.0

A bit ironic that I was reading an eBook version of this, but the writer does bring up some great points.

rebecavleal's review against another edition

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Os ensaios são repetitivos e sinceramente sem grande interesse para mim (já li ensaios sobre a importância/interesse dos livros e livrarias escritos de forma mais eloquente/bonita/cativante). O ensaio “Contra a Amazon” foi mais curto do que esperava e sem grandes dados ou novidades, mas ok. 

jessdurao's review against another edition

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informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

celinefs's review against another edition

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1.0

"Lorsque vous lisez sur papier, l’énergie et les données émises à travers vos yeux et vos doigts n’appartiennent qu’à vous. Vous ne pouvez pas être espionnés par Big Brother. Personne ne peut s’approprier cette expérience, l’analyser, l’interpréter ; elle n’est qu’à vous."
Intéressant mais une partie du livre s'acharne plus sur les ebook et liseuse que sur le géant de la livraison.
Assez ironique pour une des sélections des livres offert en ebook par https://covid19.confinementlecture.com/ pour le confinement !

delimeatz's review

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informative reflective slow-paced

2.0

well i feel like i got catfished, this was a book about? uhhh a bunch of book related topics? kinda lost

aelurus's review against another edition

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4.0

Ce n’est pas un roman mais un manifeste. Un écrit permettant d’exprimer ces idées en donnant quelques arguments.
Je suis à 100% contre Amazon. Vivant avec un libraire je ne peux être que contre. Mais surtout je trouve Amazon totalement impersonnel. J’ai déjà acheté chez eux. Je ne vais pas mentir mais c’était des dvd jamais du livre. Le livre c’est sacré. Il faut trouver la bonne libraire, déambuler parmi les rayonnages, le choisir, l’acheter et le découvrir tranquillement chez soi. Et l’odeur. L’odeur du papier n’a pas de prix.
Alors j’ai aimé cette petite lecture vraiment très rapide. A l’origine d’être un petit livret cela a été des affiches placardées. Il faudrait les remettre pour sensibiliser les gens à cette industrie qui prône le fric et non l’humain.

https://letmentertainyou.com/2020/06/20/contre-amazon/

cfc's review against another edition

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4.0

If you're a bibliomaniac, book collector, or like to spend a lot of time in libraries, second-hand bookstores, or just reading, this will be a fun read for you. From Barcelona, he takes us to Capri, Soeul, Japan, Mexico City, Buenos Aires and other places where we peek into private collections, famous libraries and bookstores -- some of which are remaking themselves as cultural centers and "erotic topographies."

He also recalls time spent in NYC "was a city of bookshops (many now extinct, except for the Strand and a dozen others) -- where "people are always holding their iPhone" (I have noticed a slight increase in the number of young people reading on the subway in recent visits, which probably isn't indicative of a hopeful trend).

Small bookshops will survive without having to pay tribute to Bezos. Or find out what books to read by going to sites like this!

Carrion's first book opened doors to meeting famous writers, bookshop owners and master librarians and historians. When the pandemic ends I hope he keeps going.

simplyb's review against another edition

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4.0

A collection of stories/thoughts/interviews on books, the people who write them, and the people who sell or display them. The beginning screeds against Amazon were finger-licking good, and my heart soared on a few of these reports describing how bookstores are adapting to the times, the pros/cons of used vs new bookstores, and the constant revelry in all things Borges. Highly recommended for the biliophiles.