752. S&F Clacks #5: Short Fiction, Private Equity, and Enshittification!

Internet shenanigans, bad companies, and library problems, oh my! Shaun Duke and Trish Matson join forces to discuss the encroaching influence of private equity on publishing and books, the future of libraries and problems that face them, the state of short fiction in SFF, and more!

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The Things We Discussed:
- Simon & Schuster’s sale to KKR (The Guardian)
- OverDrive’s sale to KKR (MetaFilter)
- “The Coming Enshittification of Public Libraries” by Karawynn Long
- Harlan Ellison’s Dead Gopher Story (according to Harlan Ellison)

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shaunduke

A professor of digital rhetoric and other nerdy things at Bemidji State University and an University of Florida alumnus, Shaun studies science fiction, digital fan cultures, postcolonialism, and digital rhetoric. He is an avid reader of SF/F, a would-be writer with a few writing credits, and an all around SF/F wombat. He can be found on his website and on his Twitter account.