There’s a massive grassroots boycott of America, and in particular Amazon, Walmart and Tesla spreading through Canada, Europe and even America, and I’ve joined it. So, as of today, I’ve removed all my books from KDP Select on Amazon.
KDP Select is a 90-day program offered by Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) where authors grant Amazon exclusive rights to sell their ebook in the Kindle Store. In return, we authors get access to promotional materials and increased visibility in Kindle Unlimited. I’ve removed my books from that program and will be making them available on other sellers such as Apple and Kobo.
The reasons are pretty straightforward, really. I won’t bother listing everything that’s wrong with Trump, Bezos and the Republicans – that would be an exceptionally long and tedious list. Besides, most of you will no doubt be as familiar as I am with Trump’s daily stupidities, so why repeat it here.
So I’ll just hit a few high points, especially as they relate to Canada and our friends:
- Donald Trump continues to insult Canada, with jokes about being the 51st state. We don’t think it’s funny and have no interest in joining that seriously messed up country ruled by a clown.
- Trump has stopped all aid to Ukraine, a friendly democracy fighting for it’s life against an evil, blood-thirsty dictator. Then he accused Ukraine of starting the war and refused to say that Russia invaded them. He’s clearly siding with Russia.
- He has threatened a NATO ally Denmark (Greenland) and Panama with military action to get what he wants.
- He has launched an unwarranted trade-war with my country in an attempt to bully us into submitting to his demands for annexation. That’s never going to happen and Canadians don’t like bullies.
Jeff Bezos, owner of Amazon, continues to support Trump. Bezos and his tech bros have clearly shown that they are more interested in kissing up to an authoritarian in order to get richer, than they are in the welfare of their own country and its people.
I’ve been an author for thirty years and first self-published “Aliens, Spaceships and the Occasional Latte” on Amazon in 2014. Since then I’ve published 9 titles on Amazon in both print and digital formats. My books will still be available on Amazon, but they will no longer be exclusive to it.
Along with thousands of other Canadians, I’ve also cancelled my subscription to Amazon Prime, as well as all ‘made in America’ products. Jeff Bezos’ support for Trump is cowardly and unjustifiable. Here is a great article about Amazon, why Jeff Bezos deserves to be boycotted, and a list of his companies. At the end of this article are also lists of Zuckerberg’s and Musk’s companies and why they should be boycotted:
The Complete List of Jeff Bezos Companies.
Follow this link for more information on the Amazon Boycott:
I’m very pleased to make all of my books available on Kobo, Apple and Smashwords. I will be exploring other platforms as well in the future.
Thanks and have a great day!
