“Impressive” credentials that authors secretly pay for

“Impressive” credentials that authors secretly pay for

Publishing a book is a big accomplishment. Some authors feel a need to pay others to puff it up — and some of the “impressive” accomplishments that authors tout are just pay-for-play. Here are some book credentials that may not be what they seem, how readers should think about them, and whether authors should pay…

Newsletter 8 November 2023: The growth miasma; lying in Meadows; reading with friends

Newsletter 8 November 2023: The growth miasma; lying in Meadows; reading with friends

How growth destroys everything good; the end of bestsellers; if you tell truth under oath you can’t lie in print; plus three people to follow, three books to read, and a warm plug. Growth is the inverse of quality The idea of growth is baked into everything that happens in our capitalist economy. We’ve internalized…