Pleased to announce that my book, Move Slowly and Build Bridges: Mastodon, the Fediverse, and the Struggle for Democratic Social Media, is now available online, and will be out in print in a couple weeks!
https://moveslowlybuildbridges.com
That site has more stuff, too -- links to related articles, some notes about how I researched it, and a contact form in case you want to talk about the fediverse with me! (I'd be happy to chat with journalists about it!)
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@rwg Is there anywhere where I could buy a DRM free copy of the eBook?
@RichardJActon I am afraid not. I think Oxford has only offered either PDFs (broken up by chapter and available through libraries) or things like Kindle. I would love if if they did e-pubs but I have no say in the matter... sorry.
@rwg oh well had to ask, thanks for the reply. Looks like I'll have to go low tech.
@RichardJActon if you do happen to see a DRM-free version for sale, please do let me know. I will alert so many people...
@rwg Sign me up for a print copy. Looking forward to it!
@rwg congratulations 🎉
@rwg Congratulations! 🥳👏
@rwg Love the title!
@rwg congratulations!! Are you doing any launch events??
@rwg great, preordered! I have been looking forward to it!
@rwg this looks great!
@rwg@aoir.social
Congratulations 🎉
Had a glance at the description and the table of contents and it looks fascinating! I really look forward to reading it and to being able to consider from an academic perspective things I’m so familiar with from daily use (‘the field’).
Will the book be available in a DRM-free format, preferably EPUB? I used Calibre’s search options, and it found eBooks.com, according to which it will be available as ‘encrypted’ (i.e. with DRM) PDF and EPUB files. Are there any other options? I want to buy the book in a digital format, but DRM goes against my principles.
I also found your blog, which I’m going to binge…
Thanks for sharing your research and thoughts! 🌼
@rwg this is wonderful! 😍 Congratulations!
@rwg congrats! Looking forward to readingit!
@rwg @blogdiva Congratulations! I loved learning that the beautiful cover art is by @CaribenxMarciaX.
@rwg Congratulations!
Out of curiosity, in the time between writing and now, have you changed your mind about anything? Are there any new developments that you wish you'd been able to discuss?
@mpjgregoire Thank you!
I don't know if I changed my mind so much as learned a lot from the interviews. My earlier books were more about surveillance and political economy, and those aspects didn't seem to be as strong among the folks I talked to. Instead, the concerns were more with safety and moderation tools. So my focus shifted over time.
@rwg Preordered. Excited to read it!
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