Thank you to everyone who has purchased and read You Should Quit Reddit! I’ve enjoyed hearing from those of you who have sent me an email to share the impact that my book has had on helping you spend less time online.
Over the past few months I also received several messages from people who wanted to read You Should Quit Reddit but didn’t want to give money to Amazon for philosophical reasons, as well as a couple people with Kobo e-readers.
Amazon demands 90 days of exclusivity from authors in order to do promotions, or longer-term exclusivity to offer a book on Kindle Unlimited. While those promotions definitely helped You Should Quit Reddit (and myself as a self-published author) gain some initial traction, it’s time to expand distribution! As of today, You Should Quit Reddit is now available in several more places:
I plan on giving you a 5-star review on Amazon soon as I really enjoyed your book and consider it as valuable a resource as other books I’ve read on very similar topics. I think we’re kindred spirits in this and I hope it spreads and motivates others to step out of the social media bog and breathe the free, open air again. I wrote a small bit about your book on my site: https://www.alifeofpurpose.org/library-articles/pillar2_social-media.html
Best,
Michael D
Hey Michael, thanks for reading and for the kind words. I enjoyed poking around on your site. Let’s make internet independence cool again!
Great book. I read it twice through Google Books.
Hi Jacob, I just bought your book off Google play books after spending all day having an argument with someone on Reddit. It’s an eye-opener. Thank you so much for writing it. So many things resonated with me. Like you mentioning about how Reddit was a watered down version of doing the things you love but without any tangible benefits, and how there’s so much misinformation and it’s really just who can pretend to write the comments which make it seem like they are “pwning” the other person. The argument in question, the other person made it look as if I had “lost” but I realized they had spoken so much misinformation. Correcting it just made me look bad and they kept making ridiculous jibes like how I was so “upset” when I was just replying to kill time and procrastinate doing my work. Every chapter of your book was so spot on. I followed your advice to block Reddit and I’m much happier. I don’t like who I am when I’ve been absorbing the toxic miasma of that cesspool of a site. I’ve gone back to my habit of reading my cheesy romance novels, which may not be the best “quality” hobby but it’s 100x better than anything on Reddit (and with the added benefit of having much better grammar and language!) I may have lost the (worthless Reddit argument) battle, but I think I’m winning the war. Once again, thank you so much for writing it. I’m off to reread it again so I can properly absorb the message now that I’ve binged it once!
Thanks for reading and glad you have found success with staying off of Reddit! You allude to a great point — the only “winner” of an internet argument is the one who does not participate at all!