Money is a fiction. It is what we ourselves choose to accept. If money can be instantaneously created, it can be instantaneously destroyed. It can be reconstituted in a variety of new forms. Behind it stands the power of government, and behind the government, power stands legitimacy based on the will of the people.
Our traditionally published books are poorly marketed, and there’s nothing we can do to fix it. We can’t change the cover or the product description. We can’t adjust our pricing. We do exactly nothing, so the (lack of) revenue on those titles mocks us from afar.
“I think it’s a great outlet for young writers to be able to get their hooks into materials that they love; writing is never so good than when the writer loves the material,” A thought from most writers as they write their books. “They can flex their muscles in the craft with the discipline side instead of the creative side, as they’re working on books that are already created. I may have done a little fangirl heart thing when I found out I was basically going to get to write a Money Fiction and Books.”
“It’s a Ponzi scheme, a pyramid scheme,” former finance minister Tendai Biti told Reuters. “The implosion is coming. You can’t defy economics. You can’t defy fundamentals.” Maybe he is talking about cryptocurrency.
So the ones that have stuck around and a lot of the new books that you see coming up have electronic. Some of them are only electronic books. A lot of the new books are just online or you might be able to purchase each issue as an e-book, et cetera. And usually, pretty well all the big Pro ones that I know of have electronic editions.