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In April 2021, U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley from Missouri advertised his upcoming book, The Tyranny of Big Tech, as being available for purchase on Amazon. At the same time, a number of Twitter users tweeted the purported irony of Hawley selling a book critical of big tech on the Amazon website. For example, @RhinoRichH noted that the description of the book on the Amazon website was critical of Amazon. It's true that Hawley was selling a book critical of Amazon on Amazon's website. However, it's unclear if this was an unintentional downside of an effective way to sell books in 2021, or if it was a PR strategy to drum up more buzz for the book's launch. It could also be argued that this was perhaps the U.S. senator's way to show up big tech on its own turf. We contacted Hawley's office for clarification on why Amazon was chosen for pre-orders. The book's description read as follows on Amazon's website: Simon & Schuster, the book's original publisher, previously canceled the book on Jan, 7, 2021, the day after the deadly Capitol riot. Conservative Regnery Publishing then signed on as publisher. The Associated Press reported that Hawley had objected to President-elect Joe Biden’s win and backed baseless claims that the election was stolen. He was also seen in a photograph raising a fist in solidarity to the crowd before the riot took place. In sum, it was true that Hawley was selling his new book that was critical of Amazon on Amazon's website, Amazon.com. We contacted Hawley's press office with questions regarding why Amazon was chosen for pre-orders and will update this story should we receive a response.
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