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Recommended: Do Open

If you don't know where to start in creating a newsletter, the book Do Open [https://amzn.to/39gfesV] is what I always recommend. In fact, I give it out to anyone I work with on a new newsletter. It's the perfect, easy-to-read, back-to-basics start for

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A Lesser Photographer Now Available in Libraries and Stores

The second edition of A Lesser Photographer is now available somewhere besides Amazon! You can get the physical version through any book store or library now upon request, and (very shortly) through Apple Books and Google. Sorry it took so long to get this book out in wide circulation, but

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Keep Going

Austin Kleon and I tend to write about very similar subjects, but to completely different audiences. I follow his blog [https://austinkleon.com] and read his books [https://austinkleon.com/books/]. More than once I’ve deleted drafts of posts, because he just posted the same thing. So, I look

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It's Getting Better All the Time

I receive the most criticism when I post about positive things happening in the world. I find that fascinating. It could be because a lot of people rely on negative outlooks to fuel their jobs, hobbies, or identities. Steven Pinker experienced this himself on a grand scale when he published

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The Message vs. the Book

Being published by a big time publisher does not mean you’ll be read by a lot of people. You could probably reach more people with your message through a blog or podcast. Actually, you could probably reach even more people through someone else’s blog or podcast, or even

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Constraints work (on experts too)

“As soon as I decided that the format of books was really constraining me, the ideas I've had for new books have gone up dramatically. There's definitely a correlation there.” - Seth Godin [https://overcast.fm/+E44U-e58s/26:29]

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Book Review: Designing Your Life

Designing Your Life [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1101875321/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1101875321&linkCode=as2&tag=cjchilvers-20&linkId=1687117c342b0e6fef4ac5a36bd113aa] is everywhere right now. It's a course at Stanford, it's a book,

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The Importance of Being Small

I've received hundreds of suggestions about how to grow my list [https://www.cjchilvers.com/subscribe] (my primary publishing outlet). Dozens of people approach me about doing podcasts on everything from music to photography to self-help, so I can boost my "visibility" to the creative community.

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Book Review: The Revenge of Analog

Analog gear has always been a guilty pleasure for me (and I'm sure for my readers as well). So, whenever a book comes along with excuses to embrace analog technology, I devour it. While Nicholas Carr focused on science to back his pro-analog arguments in the books The

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Reasons to Buy Paper Books

It helps to remember the things a paper book can do that ebooks still can't. 1. 30+ years of scientific studies have shown reading from paper improves comprehension and retention of information better than reading from a screen. Here's [https://www.wired.com/2010/05/ff_