• terwn43lp@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    follow brands and creators, not stores. shop directly from their sites or support local stores

    even better: reduce, reuse

    most products end up in landfills, buy used, ebay, local groups, thrift, etc

    learn to upholster clothing, bake bread, etc, take money away from corporations

    • LandedGentry@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      10 days ago

      Most small creators do not have their own online stores. They depend on Amazon, eBay, Etsy, or some combination of the three

      • rhythmisaprancer@moist.catsweat.com
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        10 days ago

        Great point. The limited times I have purchased from Amazon in recent history was accidentally in this manner. I think that purchasing directly from the creator’s/company’s website might send a message that some folks would like an alternative, but I don’t know that. Either way, it is less amazon.

          • rhythmisaprancer@moist.catsweat.com
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            10 days ago

            Agreed. Except for one time last fall, I knew it was going to happen and did it anyway, thru the company’s website. That one company had their own portal and everything, didn’t know it came from amazon until it arrived 🤷 I’ll do it again! If I was selling stuff I am sure I would have to look at these few options out there.

      • TwiddleTwaddle@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        10 days ago

        Many small creators also sell directly on social media. Unfortunately that’s mostly corporate owned social media, but at least they dont typically get a cut of the sale.

        Even still, local creators will often pop up at events and conventions and stuff. They may not have a permanent presence, but you can still often buy stuff from them in person if you keep up with where they’ll be.

      • mesamune@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        10 days ago

        From: https://www.baen.com/faq

        Founded by Jim Baen, Baen Books has been bringing readers pulse-pounding, thought-provoking adventures straight from the heart of science fiction and fantasy for decades. We publish books in hardcover, paperback, and electronic form, and are one of the few traditional publishers that maintains its own ebooks webstore (with at least four new titles added every month). We are also perhaps the only book publisher to make our electronic advanced readers copies (eARCs) available for sale to devoted fans before a book’s official release date. In addition, we also sell ebooks from other publishers. We sell more than 2000 books from over 500 authors published by 24 different companies. Good reading to all!

        One of the first and longer lasting ebook publishers for a LONG time. You get DRM free books at reasonable prices.

  • earlgrey0@sh.itjust.works
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    10 days ago

    Your range is pretty broad. For digital media I have found myself using the Library more and more

    Libby- ebooks, audiobooks, magazines

    Hoopla- music, ebooks, audiobooks, and TV

    Kanopy- films and documentaries