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Breaking free from big tech and big content with authors Cory Doctorow and Rebecca Giblin

Decoder with Nilay Patel

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Uncovering Wage Theft: The Struggle of Independent Authors Against Big Tech

This chapter explores the challenges independent authors face with deceptive accounting practices at Amazon and Audible, leading to significant financial losses. A technical glitch exposed hidden return data, prompting authors to unite in their fight for justice amid ongoing discrepancies in royalty calculations and claims of wage theft.

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