Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
📚 Join my monthly book club: go.maneetpaul.com/book-club
Today's video is a little different. We discuss Kindle DRM and the impact Amazon has had on small independent bookstores. I'll also show you some ways to support your local bookstores.
How to Resist Amazon and Why book: bookshop.org/p/books/how-to-resist-amazon-and-why-the-fight-for-local-economics-data-privacy-fair-labor-independent-bookstores-and-a-people-powered-future-danny-caine/15217857?ean=9781648411236
0:00 Introduction
0:46 Amazon’s Monopoly on Books
2:31 Where are all the e-books?
5:27 What the heck is DRM?
8:18 So…now what?
Disclosure: Some links in the description may be affiliate links, which earn me a commission for qualifying purchases. I'm also a participant in the Amazon Associates program. To learn more, you can read my affiliate transparency disclaimer here: go.maneetpaul.com/affiliate-disclaimer
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Hi there! My name is Maneetpaul Singh, but my friends call me Maneet (pronounced muh-neet).
I'm based out of NYC and make YouTube videos about Book Tech and digital reading.
Think of me like the MKBHD of books 😅
I'm also a Sikh with a love for blue turbans. If you want to learn more about Sikhi and why I look the way I do, check out this short documentary I made: youtu.be/m5w57L8kfjI
Whenever you’re ready, here are a few other ways I can help you:
1. Read a new book with me every month
At the start of every month, I’ll announce a new nonfiction book I’m going to read. Every week after that, I’ll email you one lesson I’ve learned from the book and a discussion question to help us reflect on it. Join me and 1,000+ other bookworms in the Presently Reading community: go.maneetpaul.com/presently-reading
2. Check out the books I’ve written
Outside of YouTube, I’m also an author. I write short books on topics that relate to digital reading, but also self development. You can find my books here: go.maneetpaul.com/books
If you want to get in touch, you can also email me hello@maneetpaul.com
TL;DR:
💌 Read with me every month: go.maneetpaul.com/presently-reading
📚 Check out the books I've written: go.maneetpaul.com/books
📖 Follow me on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/133794396-maneetpaul-singh
👳🏽♂️ Learn more about my turban and Sikhi: youtu.be/m5w57L8kfjI
🥰 Support my work on Patreon patreon.com/maneetpaul
📚 Join my monthly book club: go.maneetpaul.com/book-club
Today's video is a little different. We discuss Kindle DRM and the impact Amazon has had on small independent bookstores. I'll also show you some ways to support your local bookstores.
How to Resist Amazon and Why book: bookshop.org/p/books/how-to-resist-amazon-and-why-the-fight-for-local-economics-data-privacy-fair-labor-independent-bookstores-and-a-people-powered-future-danny-caine/15217857?ean=9781648411236
0:00 Introduction
0:46 Amazon’s Monopoly on Books
2:31 Where are all the e-books?
5:27 What the heck is DRM?
8:18 So…now what?
Disclosure: Some links in the description may be affiliate links, which earn me a commission for qualifying purchases. I'm also a participant in the Amazon Associates program. To learn more, you can read my affiliate transparency disclaimer here: go.maneetpaul.com/affiliate-disclaimer
——————————————————
Hi there! My name is Maneetpaul Singh, but my friends call me Maneet (pronounced muh-neet).
I'm based out of NYC and make YouTube videos about Book Tech and digital reading.
Think of me like the MKBHD of books 😅
I'm also a Sikh with a love for blue turbans. If you want to learn more about Sikhi and why I look the way I do, check out this short documentary I made: youtu.be/m5w57L8kfjI
Whenever you’re ready, here are a few other ways I can help you:
1. Read a new book with me every month
At the start of every month, I’ll announce a new nonfiction book I’m going to read. Every week after that, I’ll email you one lesson I’ve learned from the book and a discussion question to help us reflect on it. Join me and 1,000+ other bookworms in the Presently Reading community: go.maneetpaul.com/presently-reading
2. Check out the books I’ve written
Outside of YouTube, I’m also an author. I write short books on topics that relate to digital reading, but also self development. You can find my books here: go.maneetpaul.com/books
If you want to get in touch, you can also email me hello@maneetpaul.com
TL;DR:
💌 Read with me every month: go.maneetpaul.com/presently-reading
📚 Check out the books I've written: go.maneetpaul.com/books
📖 Follow me on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/133794396-maneetpaul-singh
👳🏽♂️ Learn more about my turban and Sikhi: youtu.be/m5w57L8kfjI
🥰 Support my work on Patreon patreon.com/maneetpaul
