Five Things: November 21, 2024
“Gladwell has always been an overrated hack.” Five Things for November 21, 2024
Five Things: October 31, 2024
“Nothing good in tech lasts forever.” Five Things for October 31, 2024
“Make progress among the willing.” The Good, Bad, and Ugly of #PIF24
It was an excellent reminder that the industry is so much bigger than Amazon and the Big 5, and if we prioritize making progress among the willing, we can disrupt the industry for the better — from within.
Is the Publishing Innovation Forum an event the industry really needs?
Unfortunately, DBW is long gone, and nothing’s really come along since to fill the gap. Is the Publishing Innovation Forum an event the industry needs right now? I think so.
Five Things: September 5, 2024
“Democratizing access to creativity.” Five Things for September 5, 2024
Five Things: August 22, 2024
“Data-informed, never data-driven.” Five Things for August 22, 2024
Five Things: July 11, 2024
“If Goldman Sachs is saying this, things are very, very bad.” Five Things for July 11, 2024
Five Things: June 20, 2024
“People are the answer to the problems of bits.” Five Things for June 20, 2024
Five Things: January 4, 2024
“One of the few book-related things I’d save in a fire.” Five Things: January 4, 2024.
Not-so-random pandemic thoughts on Author Platforms
It’s an unfortunate truth about books that it’s never simply been about being a good writer, but as literal thousands of new books are published every month, marketability is arguably more important — and harder to define — than it’s ever been.