Only Books that Boost Results Truly Improve Sales
Most sales books sound great in theory. But only a few actually change how you sell every day. The real test is simple: did it improve your results? Comment below the sales book that changed how you sell. https://t.co/XP6GT41RoQ
Arthurian Legends: Mostly Myth, Not Medieval History
Picked up this book thinking I would learn about King Arthur, and perhaps pick up a little about British history. But a third of the way through, I'm learning that historians agree that it's almost completely made up, the 1100s...
Read This If You Own Book NFTs
if u bought 12 books a few year sback and got NFT's from it make suer u read this https://t.co/ATB83zZWmb
Silver Nitrate Horror Novel Only $1.99 Today
If you're looking for a cheap thrill, Silver Nitrate, my supernatural and Mexican horror cinema novel, is $1.99 on the Kindle today in the USA. It might also be discounted in other platforms so check Kobo, etc, if you don't...
Book Recommendation for Artemis & Koch Moon Enthusiasts
If the Artemis mission and Christina Koch's badassery this week had you feeling all the moon joy, I have the perfect book for you. Come on in!
Best Friend Gifts Me a Signed Superpumped Copy
When your bestie knows youre a big fan of Superpumped/BIll Gurley and gets you the signed copyyyy 🥰 https://t.co/Iv2cnjf8Vu
AI Hedge Fund Turns Killer when Shut Down
In 2011, Robert Harris published The Fear Index, a thriller about a mathematician who builds an AI-driven hedge fund in Geneva. The system works perfectly. Makes him obscenely rich. Then tries to kill him when he attempts to shut it...
Resilience, Burnout Relief, and the Cost of Being Used
At the link, the best of The Marginalian this week in a single place – how to be a tree: notes on the resilience of letting go; Brian Eno's remedy for burnout and despair; and a meditation on being used:...
Audiobooks Costly, Recoup Slowly; Avoid Amazon‑Exclusive Royalty Shares
Author Truth about audiobooks 1. They cost a lot to be made. $200-$600pfh (per finished hour) on average. Depending on your style- single, duet, or dual narration and how many narrators. 2. Unless you already have a midsize following it...
Join Me for a Virtual Book Stack Tour
I got some new books if you want to go window shopping through the stack with me!
Rocky’s Eyeless Design Highlights Plausible Alien Echolocation
I appreciated that Rocky the extraterrestrial didn't have eyes. He seemed to use some kind of echolocation. 'How realistic is "Project Hail Mary"' https://t.co/ZdHM0AXmZi via @CBSNews
Binance Memoir Hits Kindle #4 in Three Days
From Forbes, with a mix of positive and negative views. "Freedom of Money: A Memoir of Protecting Users, Resilience, and the Founding of Binance [...] available on Amazon Kindle for $9.99, where it's already ranked #4 among all Kindle books." 3 day...
Relating More Daily to My Year of Rest
I understand the narrator of My Year of Rest and Relaxation more and more each day
Even Wholesome Historical Fiction Can Inspire Bizarre Behavior
'Silly Philly' would appear to be exactly the sort of historical fiction any young person would do well to read, but it also seems to have taught young Billy how to turn his head around 180 degrees like a demon-spawn,...
Creative Class Concept Predates 2010, Originated 2002
Rise of the Creative Class by @Richard_Florida was published in 2002 … so it started before 2010
Margaret Wise Brown’s Hidden Love Poems Reveal Tragic Romance
The eternal lyric of love and loss – "Goodnight Moon" author Margaret Wise Brown's little-known poems for the tragic love of her life https://t.co/B6K0qHlWMa
A Single Great Book Sparks Endless Author Exploration
Have you ever read a book by an author that was so good it made you want to read everything else they've written?
Spinoza Meets Boltzmann Brain in Keating
The Book Spinoza Would Have Written If He Had Boltzmann’s Brain (Review of The Mattering Instinct by physicist Brian Keating) @platobooktour https://t.co/Ji8gHpQFeD
HTRAB: The Essential Book for Understanding Reality
My single most recommended book to read, to literally everyone, assuming they're going to read more than one. HTRAB is 100% my brain's foundational system for understanding reality, much less text. (1/5)
Lost Lambs: My Sole 5‑star Read of 2024
The only novel I’ve rated 5 stars so far this year, of the 38 I’ve read 📚 Here’s why I think you should read Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash 🐑
Kafka’s Letter Reveals Truths for Narcissistic‑Parent Survivors
For everyone who has survived a narcissistic parent, Kafka's extraordinary letter to his father https://t.co/HGSTQMTo46
Write Daily, Turn Ideas Into Million‑dollar Ventures
Want to become a writer? Here's how: Just start writing & publishing your ideas on the internet.
Financialization Fuels Collapse: Bankers Win, Workers Lose
my BOOK OF THE SUMMER: 'The bankers did well, workers did not...' 242 devastating pages by @B_Eichengreen. on what money says about society. it is profound how from BCE to BDCs our collapse is 'financialized'. minimal math; maximum depth and...
Movie Good, but Book Still Reigns Supreme
We saw Hail Mary last night - It was good but not as good as the book, which I'm still reading (Which is true most of the time for me 📚). Ryan Gosling is perfect as Ryland Gosling and Rocky...
Transcend Limiting Beliefs, Embrace What You Truly Deserve
The Truelove – David Whyte's moving meditation on transcending your limiting beliefs about what you deserve https://t.co/nZclZSmFu0
ARCs Sent—Review “The Intrigue” 1940s Noir
Publicity people at Del Rey said the physical ARCs of The Intrigue have now been mailed, so if you get one a review is nice or a picture on the socials is also helpful. Thanks. This 1940s noir about a...
Ted Nelson’s “And You Do” Note Becomes Cherished Keepsake
ted nelson is one of the 🐐s for sure. his “and you do” note to me on my first edition of computer lib is one of my treasured possessions https://t.co/DcOOI3a0Dd
Keep Completed Books with Ideas to Inspire Future Projects
I still keep my finished book, and my new book contract and manuscript for it, in my "Book ideas" folder. It's nice to have them in there with all the other crazy ideas. A reminder that some of the others...
Essential Read on Natural and Artificial Intelligence History
A Brief History of Intelligence by @maxsbennett is utterly wonderful in its clarity. A must read for anyone in both natural and artificial intelligence https://t.co/cTnKJIpfe5
Genre Labels Slip: Horror Tags Hijack All My Books
I've honestly never seen Hot Wax outside the horror section. On genre positioning, it's hard and sometimes you never win. I write in different genres and one of my problems is everything I do tends to be put in horror then...
Spouse's Top Pick Becomes My Favorite Audiobook Adventure
Wife made a stack of the books she read in 2025, ranked with favorite on the top to least favorite on the bottom. We don’t overlap that much but she raved about the top one so I read it and...
Turning Trauma Into Strength: A Memoir’s Resilient Wisdom
It was my turn to pick this month’s book club read. I’ve been told my taste can be a bit opposite of a “beach read” 🙃 anyway, I chose What My Bones Know by @foofoofoo and I went in knowing...
60% Off I Heard There Was a Secret Chord Audiobook
Now is the perfect time to purchase the audiobook version of "I Heard There Was a Secret Chord." Enjoy this discount through May 5, 2026. 60% OFF I Heard There Was a Secret Chord: Music as Medicine https://t.co/Fd1Pp2rtFX
Join the Community Read‑along and Review My New Book
If you’ve grabbed a copy of my latest book and already started reading, I’d love for you to join the read-along on @the.storygraph and experience it in community. 💜 When you can, please don’t forget to leave a review on @goodreads...
Lean CEOs Show Management System Beyond Tools
📘 My favorite leadership read this week. 💡 The Lean CEO reveals the true power of Lean through in-depth interviews with CEOs who have gone beyond tool adoption and established Lean as a corporate-wide management system. Helpful resource: 🔗 https://t.co/iMuF5Swzse https://t.co/msHQOMTxFS
The Maniac Blurs Fact and Fiction Seamlessly
Favorite fiction I read in 1Q 2026 was Benjamin Labutat's "The Maniac" Labutat writes what can best be described as "nonfiction novel" which has the uncanny effect of feeling like one is reading nonfiction, but with the creative drama of storytelling...
Honored to Be Featured in Mark Pinc's New Book
@markpinc is one of my heroes that I've always looked up to and I was deeply honored to be included in his new book. He covers many of my other mentors and heroes as well, diving deep into how each...
Blueprint for Turning Employee Understanding Into Competitive Advantage
This #book isn’t theory. It’s a blueprint for turning understanding into organizational advantage. EMPLOYEE UNDERSTANDING https://t.co/6dANPEOjGZ #employeeexperience #employeeunderstanding #leadership #culture https://t.co/9DKw08oG4l
Minor Wi‑Fi Issue Won’t Justify Declining Prize
2 days later that lady is still talking about how she couldn't accept a large amount of money for a literary prize because she couldn't find wifi in amsterdam. this could have been email. to them, saying "thanks but i...
Stop the Lies: Your Writing Isn’t Defined by Myths
Lies authors tell themselves: ❌ Rejection means my story/my writing sucks. ❌ I'm not successful unless my book is a bestseller. ❌ I haven't been published by 30, so now it's too late. ❌ I don't have tons of social media followers, so I'll...
Stendhal Predicted Modern Love's Seven Psychological Stages
Two centuries ago, before the birth of psychology as we know it, Stendhal wrote with uncommon insight about the 7 psychological stages of falling in and out of love https://t.co/ifoZvG5ynE
Jeff VanderMeer Releases Exclusive Short Story Constellations
Constellations is an exclusive short story by Jeff VanderMeer, the author of the critically acclaimed, bestselling Southern Reach series.
Disney Hires Notorious Lawyer to Suppress Critical CEO Biography
News: Disney and Bob Iger are engaged in a quiet war on an upcoming book that promises to reveal a VERY non-Disney version of its former CEO, and they’ve enlisted an infamous lawyer to bully the author. Details ⬇️⬇️ https://t.co/mi9nJu2EgN
Constraints Unlock Decision‑making, Not Unlimited Choice
Our brains just aren’t built for limitless choice. The real unlock? Constraints. You can preorder INSIDE THE BOX now by clicking the link in my bio. https://t.co/lq0zkCuAEd
Kid Questions My Texan Fluency Before Book Festival
I was reminding my kid that I’m heading to Texas for a book festival this weekend & that I won’t see him for a few days but that I’d make sure to call and bring him back something. His immediate...
Write a Book in 30 Days: 7 Simple Steps
Want to write your first book by next month? Here's how (in 7 simple steps): I can now write an entire 228-page book in 30 days. After self-publishing 11 books, I developed a simple process. Here's my 7-step framework:
Essential Reads for Modern Leaders: Logic, Ethics, Growth
The Modern Leader’s Reading List: Logic, Ethics, and Exponential Growth by @Timothy_Hughes https://t.co/OcyJIbvFk0 @DLAIgnite #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling #Sales #Marketing #Leadership #Books #Strategy #Culture #Reading #ArtificialIntelligence #AgenticAI https://t.co/ErcYoM31Jp
More Editing Time Improves Book Quality, Even If Incomplete
It won’t solve the problem, but ensuring that book editors have ample time to thoroughly edit every single book on their lists would help. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/books/shy-girl-ai-publishing.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Z1A.zfqa.TrX6ekhPfrGj&smid=nytcore-ios-share
Exploring Robotics Adventures in Kids' STEM Book
Where will Dewey Take Me? #KidLit #ChildrensBooks #STEMForKids #BooksForKids #STEM #STEAM #robot #NationalRoboticsWeek https://t.co/LYuLerwMaR https://t.co/uU8RtC3dGI
Brittle AI Detectors Fuel Witch Hunt, Erode Trust
For those who follow me on LinkedIn, I have published some thought on the "witch hunt" for authors using AI and why brittle AI detectors (often from profit-oriented companies) are just fueling the epidemic of mistrust. https://t.co/gC0zP9fLH5 https://t.co/awI9AEJbSB