Why I trust a fitness book willing to argue with the room
Certainty can be cheap, but so can politeness. This book earns some trust by being willing to challenge the dominant script, even when it overshoots.
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A Heart for Christmas
I pay attention when a title sounds specific enough to hand-sell instead of merely summarize.
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The Fact-Finders Universe
This feels built for readers who want voice, shape, and a sense that the book knows what it is doing from a recommendation with some personality.
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The Lychford Collection 1
I pay attention when a title sounds specific enough to hand-sell instead of merely summarize.
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Octavo
Octavo sounds like the kind of book I would match to the right customer without much hesitation.
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America As It Happened looks like the kind of history book I actually keep open
I do not need history to feel dutiful. I need it to feel arranged by someone who wants me to keep turning pages.
Read more →My Last Innocent Year: A Novel
Midway through her senior year of college, Isabel finds herself enmeshed in a sexual encounter that she feels, in hindsight, was not entirely consensual. Her activist roommate publ...
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Before I Forget sounds sharper and sadder than most memory books
Books about memory can get sentimental in a hurry. Before I Forget sounds like it may have more nerve than that.
Read more →A Touch of Moonlight: A Novel
Every full moon, Larimar Cintrón’s naturally curly hair straightens itself out. Her ankles twist themselves around until her feet face backward. She can run so fast that she’s flyi...
Read more →A readable novel with enough edge to keep things honest
I’m drawn to books that are welcoming without being bland. A novel can be easy to enter and still have a little nerve.
Read more →Self-Publish a Book in 10 Steps by Hank Quense
About the Book: Self-publishing a book is difficult. This book simplifies it by breaking down a self-publishing and marketing project into 10 steps. This step-by-step process will ...
Read more →The book review industry needs a clearer line on AI
Authors are being asked to trust services that do not always explain how reviewer work is screened. That has to change.
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