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[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Spines’ pitch is heavy on resentment-based marketing: “… you will receive the feedback you so long for from the publishing world: a personal touch.”

holy shit. I learned a new term today (resentment-based marketing) and I’m fascinated by how this could possibly work

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

IIRC elvis’s manager sold “i hate elvis” merch. It’s a long and storied industry

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

@self @dgerard Their selling point being a "personal touch" from a *not-person* is too ironic for this reality.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

I am fascinated by the idea of burning my own book out of spite.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

all the right-wingers purchasing “woke” products just so they can film themselves driving over them, burning them, destroying them