Why do people still buy cookbooks when recipes are free on the internet?
Author marketing tips from popular cookbooks
Is it really the end of reading?
Someone get Rose Horowitch a new book, stat
What Ed Sheeran taught me about selling books
The power of Facebook book rec groups
No natural resources and unfriendly neighbors. Sound familiar?
First fruits of the parallel publishing infrastructure and tech tailwinds
Taylor Swift is the OG world-builder
Lessons from Madison Square Garden and Where the Crawdads Sing
Why everyone is talking about those Fauda episodes
And how it reminds me of two books I loved
3 things to know about AI and audio
How I made a free promo video with AI and got a pub offer
"Buy my book!" Authors, you're doing it wrong
And the tech marketing strategy you can do today
How to find hidden clues in Jewish characters' names
A Spoon and the Sea reader FAQ from Toronto, Canada
The Uncanny Valley and why AI content make us feel gross
There's a reason AI slop is great for authors

June 2026

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