In this episode we discuss the dopamine hit of going slightly viral on social media for stating the obvious, the speed of the internet, commodifying ourselves, indie authors, age, expiration dates, and the discipline of not posting everything we think.

Team Human Breaking with the Speed of the Internet https://www.teamhuman.fm/episodes/292-rushkoff-the-speed-of-the-internet

and Artificial Creativity https://www.teamhuman.fm/episodes/294-artificial-creativity

You can read more from Jenn Zuko at https://jennzuko.wordpress.com and on her Substack

You can follow Jason Quinn Malott at https://www.jquinnmalott.com

This show’s audio is cleaned up and trimmed by Heather Eden.

In this episode, we discuss the publishing world and what is and isn’t wrong with it. Do we read or not read? What is a book? What isn’t a book? How many times can we repeat what we’ve repeated again.

The piece that started it all: No One Buys Books

https://www.elysian.press/p/no-one-buys-books?r=1fslzq&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true

The spot on reply: No, Most Books Don’t Sell Only a Dozen Copies

https://countercraft.substack.com/p/no-most-books-dont-sell-only-a-dozen

A reference piece: Please Stop Bashing Book Publishing by Kathleen Schmidt

https://kathleenschmidt.substack.com/p/please-stop-bashing-book-publishing?r=1fslzq&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true

A reference piece: Does publishing online ruin your chances of finding a traditional publisher?

https://simonkjones.substack.com/p/does-publishing-online-ruin-your?r=1fslzq&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true

A reference piece: This Conversation Made Me a Sharper Editor - The Ezra Klein Show

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-conversation-made-me-a-sharper-editor/id1548604447?i=1000653308543

And a snark-tastic reply we didn’t see before we recorded: The REAL Truth About Publishing by Gabino Iglesias

https://gabinoiglesias.substack.com/p/the-real-truth-about-publishing

You can read more from Jenn Zuko at https://jennzuko.wordpress.com and on her Substack

You can follow Jason Quinn Malott at https://www.jquinnmalott.com

This show’s audio is cleaned up and trimmed by Heather Eden.

AWP summary from Jason, and lots of books, books, books. Not keeping secrets, reviving our passions, and lots and lots of man-babies.

Instead of individual books, check out these small presses.

Astrophil Books

7:13 Books

Stalking Horse Press

Graywolf Press

Black Lawrence Press

You can read more from Jenn Zuko at https://jennzuko.wordpress.com and on her Substack

You can follow Jason Quinn Malott at https://www.jquinnmalott.com

This show’s audio is cleaned up and trimmed by Heather Eden.