I'm confused. Are they subtly suggesting readers buy their book (by linking to the publisher's site instead of a site to locate the book in local libraries). Would a publisher like Simon and Schuster agree to publish a book that would only be sold to libraries. Aren't there ways they could communicate whatever information is in the book without having to sell something (thereby encouraging people to buy something, violating the project's prime directive of "Buy Nothing").
At one point recently, the founders tried to very mildly promote their book and all the admins of all the Buy Nothing chapters gave them a lot of backlash for trying to hawk stuff in the Admin Hub group.
A classic. I remember seeing that as a kid. I wonder how many people actually stole it.
Is there any irony in that the women who started this project are in an area that is the home of Amazon corporate HQ (the company that wants to "sell everything"), and businesses that service/rely on Amazon, living on an commuter island where many Amazon executive level staff, and businesspeople working for firms that service Amazon, are likely to live. If not irony, at least a stark contrast.
