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Debut Novels, Complexity Science, and More

Debut Novels, Complexity Science, and More

Most books sell fewer than 5,000 copies. Debut novels face even more daunting odds...

Oct 17, 2024
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Most books sell fewer than 5,000 copies. Debut novels face even more daunting odds — selling just 1,000 copies can be seen as success... more »

In the scramble to figure out how a bookstore can survive, we’ve lost sight of a different question: How should a bookstore be?... more »

Out with cosmology and in with astrobiology and “complexity science,” which…

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