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Fun Fridays – August 1, 2025 – The Future of Audiobooks
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Leave a CommentChoosing Nonfiction to Read
An unscientific Internet search shows that currently, four million books are published each year, with the U.S. leading the pack with over 275,000. So choosing which books to read can be daunting. I struggle to read every book that interests me, much less those on the fringes. I try to be careful with nonfiction. Since I’m interested in a number of topics, I quickly go down the proverbial rabbit hole. To wit, this past week, I checked out a library book on how to declutter the brain (my words), only to discover the author is an atheist philosopher. As I …
Should You Be Writing Faster?
Below is an interesting infographic that may be of help with this question. Provided by K.M. Weiland at www.HelpingWritersBecomeAuthors.com. Add your thoughts in the comments below. ShareTweet
Fun Fridays – July 25, 2025
In 1974, fifty-one years ago, this brief interview with science-fiction author Arthur C. Clarke (most famous for 2001: A Space Odyssey, published in 1968) describes a day when computers will be a vital part of our lives. He says to imagine a day when a computer would fit on a desk. Imagine if he saw your phone today. He would have thought it to be science fiction! Note the room in the background. It is a computer room. It was a computer room like this where I first played with programming and taught a computer to play “golf” using BASIC …
Why Are Traditional Publishers So Picky?
Publishing books is an imprecise process, with many ingredients involved, making it impossible to predict a particular outcome. Working for and with publishers for most of my life, I’ve seen every side of the business; and the best I can do to describe it is humbling for everyone involved. Anyone who thinks they have it all figured out with 100% certainty is in for a rude awakening and a humbling series of circumstances that drives many out of the industry, but at the very least drives those who stay involved to their knees, literally and figuratively. Every publisher, whether for-profit …