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The Age of the Middleman
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"Sticky" Genres
How does reading taste change over time?
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The Omnivore Dilemma
Digging into the Data of Contemporary Readers
Oct 21, 2025
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BONUS: The Best Nonfiction of the Year
eight pros share their favorite nonfiction and why it worked
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The Great Frustration Rollercoaster
what 20 years of book data can tell us about the future of nonfiction
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The Summer of Nonfiction
The nonfiction market is on the downswing. What's a writer to do?
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textCrunch, No. 4: Debut Novel 101
writing as a team sport, with Kate Dwyer, Isaac Fitzgerald, and Randy Winston
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textCrunch, No. 3: Relative to what? On publishing industry demographic data
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textCrunch, No. 2: Looking Inside the Slush Pile
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textCrunch, No. 1: Fit Check
on diversity in publishing, from the payroll to the page
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I've spent the past ten years working to answer my most pressing question: how can we change literary culture, for the better? And I’m starting this…
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