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Danny Caine of The Raven Book Store in Lawrence, Kansas, first came into our world via (what else?) Twitter. Known for his deft and insightful social media skills, Danny is helping raise our collective awareness of just exactly how shopping local is essential to our society and culture. He was named the Midwest Independent Bookseller Association's BOOKSELLER OF THE YEAR in 2019, and continues to give the people what they want (read: educational posts about the importance of local business) now in the form of a delightful, necessary zine, HOW TO RESIST AMAZON AND WHY. *** In this episode, Danny references a plethora of great articles. Here they are, for your #resistance education: 1) The Twitter thread that started it all: https://twitter.com/ravenbookstore/status/1118596015957975041?s=20 2) American Booksellers Association economic breakdown of Indies v. Amazon: https://www.bookweb.org/infographic 3)The Atlantic report on Amazon warehouse working conditions: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/11/amazon-warehouse-reports-show-worker-injuries/602530/ 4) "someone requested all their data from Amazon" article (from USA Today): https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/saltzman/2018/04/04/amazon-and-alexa-know-whole-lot-you-heres-how-download-and-delete-info/482286002/ 5) Order HOW TO RESIST AMAZON AND WHY: https://www.dannycaine.com/store/p3/howtoresistamazon.html *** You can find The Raven online at: TW: @avenbookstore IG + FB: @raven_book_store ravenbookstore.com Find Mystery to Me online at: mysterytomebooks.com IG: @mysterytomebooks FB: @mysterytomebooks *** Thanks for shopping local!