Lisa Grimm

When content production and distribution is infinite, the important aspect is its primary function in crafting and proliferating culture*.* In other words, the value of content today comes primarily from its use in cultural production.

Charging directly > Ads

While platforms that depend on ads must harvest attention any way they can, platforms that depend on people’s willingness to pay have to generate trust and value.

Directly charging creates high expectations from our customers and in aspiring to meet those expectations, we are held accountable to deliver a product that you... See more

Amazon is a two sided marketplace, made up of:

1. Buyers


2. Sellers

“Yeah, no sh*t” – you, probably.

What you might not know is that over 60% of the stuff sold on the platform doesn’t actually come from Amazon, but independent sellers. ️

But it wasn’t always like this...

• Between 1994 and 2000, everything on the site was sold by Amazon


• In that time

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Loved this description featured in ActionDigest from investor Chris Paik re: navigating a major innovation period in tech, “each time a new shift occurs, it is analogous to the formation of an unstable radioactive isotope. The radioactivity throws off a huge amount of energy in the form of capturable enterprise value, but is subject to half-life... See more

However, if new tools and techniques can help creators visualize, experiment, and explore the full landscape of their imagination with far less cost, perhaps we can advance new ideas at a fraction of the cost.

With startups acting as determinants of the future, lack of diversity in entrepreneurship trickles downstream into lack of diversity in the broader economy and culture.

Nikhil Krishnan, a philosopher who invokes Jaffrey as he remembers his own education in cooking and thinking, recalls finding in recipes proof of a “a fall from a condition of organic wholeness.” Cookbooks signal a derivative, disconnected world where no one absorbs skills naturally.

The feeling after a release sells out is euphoric. The kind of clear-cut validation that’s rare for creative people. When we’ve spoken with creators after their Metalabel drops have sold out they’ve felt celebrated and seen. We get to put our imposter syndrome aside and enjoy the moment.

But beware! We should not always aim to sell out. As we’ve... See more

While it is true that the amount of marketing and publicity publishers invest in books varies, it is also true that authors must be active participants in their book promotion. That will not change because the most effective way for authors to reach readers is through building their audience.