Books still matter; the lump of labor; audiobooks on Spotify: Newsletter 7 February 2024
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Books still matter; the lump of labor; audiobooks on Spotify: Newsletter 7 February 2024

ByJosh Bernoff

Newsletter week 30. Why bother writing a book? Also, Paul Krugman on why AI and immigrants won’t kill the job market, the EU regulates AI, Indigo on the block, plus three people to follow and three books to read. In praise of books Everyone who has ever written a book has, at some point, asked…

Unhealthy competition; damned Spotify; invisible ads — Newsletter 13 December 2023
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Unhealthy competition; damned Spotify; invisible ads — Newsletter 13 December 2023

ByJosh Bernoff

Newsletter week 22: Stop slagging other authors, will Spotify crash audiobooks?, AI copyright posturing, three people to follow, three books to read, and some very lame ad copy. The myth of personal market share A shocking and tragic story rattled the publishing world this week. Cait Corrain, a fantasy novelist who had secured a two-book…