Dispatches from Elsewhere
The Night I Tried to Use a Book to Get a Girl
When I was in college, I once tried to impress a girl I had somehow convinced to come back to my bedroom. I was pumped. I figured all I had...
The Night I Tried to Use a Book to Get a Girl
When I was in college, I once tried to impress a girl I had somehow convinced to come back to my bedroom. I was pumped. I figured all I had...
Part IV – Amazon Is the Author
If readers don’t care who writes the books, Amazon will fill the store with its own. They won’t kick authors off the platform. They won’t ban indies. They won’t make...
Part IV – Amazon Is the Author
If readers don’t care who writes the books, Amazon will fill the store with its own. They won’t kick authors off the platform. They won’t ban indies. They won’t make...
Part III - The Kindle Becomes a Live Book Club
Reading has always been treated as a private act. That’s about to change. Imagine being able to see how many people are reading the same book as you or how...
Part III - The Kindle Becomes a Live Book Club
Reading has always been treated as a private act. That’s about to change. Imagine being able to see how many people are reading the same book as you or how...
Part II - The Kindle Is Already AI-Ready
Amazon just flipped a switch and most people didn’t notice. They’ve integrated AI into the Kindle reading experience. Quietly, casually, and with no big announcement. This is classic Amazon. And...
Part II - The Kindle Is Already AI-Ready
Amazon just flipped a switch and most people didn’t notice. They’ve integrated AI into the Kindle reading experience. Quietly, casually, and with no big announcement. This is classic Amazon. And...
Part I - The Future of the eBook
We’re told not to judge a book by its cover, but we’ve been judging books by something else for years: their format. Ebook. Audiobook. Translation. Hardcover. Paperback. Special edition. Author...
Part I - The Future of the eBook
We’re told not to judge a book by its cover, but we’ve been judging books by something else for years: their format. Ebook. Audiobook. Translation. Hardcover. Paperback. Special edition. Author...
The Dobash Cake My Mom Pretended Not to Want
My mom used to swear she didn’t like dobash cake. She’d see it on the counter and wave it off like it personally offended her. “No, no… I’m not hungry.”...
The Dobash Cake My Mom Pretended Not to Want
My mom used to swear she didn’t like dobash cake. She’d see it on the counter and wave it off like it personally offended her. “No, no… I’m not hungry.”...