Newsletter 166. Buyers see books from the top down, so that’s how you should build them. Plus, the end of MIT Sloan Management Review, Google makes eBooks queryable, three people to follow, three books to read, and one writer survey to take. Authors must understand the view from atop the pyramid How does someone choose…
Newsletter 165. Return of the biggest survey of writers’ AI attitudes, including a chance to participate. Plus, the courage to stop a bully, the breadth of professional networks, three people to follow and three books to read. Writers, it’s time tell us how you feel about AI AI-powered large language models have made the biggest…
Newsletter 164. Why do people pay to have their work insulted? Plus, Google pays for Spirit Airlines’ data, the White House’s gender confusion, three people to follow and three books to read. Please, sir, may I have another? A popular meme suggests: “Describe your job badly.” With that in mind, here’s what I do for…
Newsletter 163. Why the most successful people crack wise and act wisely. Plus, Berrett-Koehler’s hybrid imprint, Anthropic indelibly marks its content, three people to follow and three books to read. Silly serious One principle explains all of my success and the fact that I’m still working and happy past normal retirement age. I’m seriously silly….
Newsletter 162. Harvard trashes a world-class writing center. Plus, Bret Stephens figures out AI writing is a scourge, a Nigerian novelist loses a $2 million deal over AI accusations, three people to follow and three books to read. Harvard’s writing program takes a step backwards Harvard University had wisely invested in a student writing center…
Newsletter 161. Writers have always used text as a sort of code, to program the mind of the reader. Can AI do that better? Plus, deciphering publishing jargon, a college where the instructors are chatbots, troubling questions about the thriller Daggermouth, three people to follow, and three books to read. Prose is code Large Language…
Newsletter 160. Why you shouldn’t be impressed by most of what authors brag about. Plus, Nobel Laureates in Economics gnash their teeth about AI, publishers evade Google, three people to follow, three books to read, and one trip to the mountains of Maine. Be skeptical of author accolades Authors send all sorts of signals that…
Newsletter 159. Learn to write and you’ll never be bored. Plus, Simon & Schuster puts self-publishing in its pocket, Hachette unionizes, three people to follow, and three books to read. Endlessly diverting What do you like to do? Play golf? It’s torment, from what people tell me, but it’s an enjoyable challenge. Plant a garden?…
Newsletter 158. Why health care reform is essential to save creative work. Plus, are AI books really overwhelming online bookstores, how DOGE couldn’t kill climate.gov, three people to follow, and three books to read. How health care friction is destroying creativity As a nation, America nurtures innovation, startup vigor, and creativity more effectively than any…