We chat with author Kate Crow about the economics and illusions of the self-publishing industry, how Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited program has changed both traditional publishing and book culture, and which art form is the polar opposite of AI slop. In Falcon Mode, we tell you how to avoid paying for subscriptions when you inevitably forget to cancel during the free trial period.

Links:

Til Death Do We Start on Amazon or Bookshop.org

Kate Crow on Instagram and TikTok

Kate’s website

That terrible Fortune article Josh mentioned

Draft2Digital

Kobo

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