Newsletter 21: Challenges beat bribes to get problems solved, cheaper audiobooks, Michael Lewis’ antiheroes, woman of the year, plus three people to follow, three books to read, and a holiday discount on the top manual for authors. How to motivate smart people I love to solve problems. I have always loved to solve problems. I’m…
My audiobook is finally ready. You can get a copy from Audible, here. I used a professional recording studio and audiobook producer. Production was delayed for several weeks while my voice recovered from COVID. (You might think I’m still not a professional audio actor and my voice sucks, but it’s the only one I have.)…
Reading a book aloud is a great way to catch errors. Of course, no one has the patience to do that at the end of a book production process. But you can take advantage of it if you’re narrating your own audiobook. It’s all a question of timing. Arrange the timing of your audiobook narration…
What does it mean to read a book? This is a surprisingly difficult question to answer. It used to be, you sat down with a book and you read it, one page after another. Now you can experience a book through your earbuds while walking in the woods or sitting on a bus, on look…
I listened to Malcolm Gladwell and Paul Headlam’s new five-hour audiobook Miracle and Wonder: Conversations with Paul Simon. It fascinated, entertained, and touched me — even though it had a little more Gladwell in it than we really needed. This is an audiobook unlike any other If you’re interested in “Miracle and Wonder,” you need…
Malcolm Gladwell is creating an exclusive audiobook from interviews with Paul Simon. It’s called “Miracle and Wonder.” And I have to admit I am pretty excited about this. Paul Simon’s talent In my opinion, Paul Simon is the foremost poet of the Twentieth Century. His ability to connect melody, rhyme, and meaning is without parallel….