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Me: CTRL+faudio Firefox: 0/0 Me: Damn I completely stopped reading books and only listen to books these days.
(Caveat: it's far less organized and frankly, worse)
A few years ago I published a large list of mental models I find repeatedly useful ( https://medium.com/@yegg/mental-models-i-find-repeatedly-use... ), discussed at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12040707 . I've spent my spare time since (day job is running DuckDuckGo) with my co-author (statistician, researcher, and wife!) turning that list into this book, which weaves the 300+ mental models into nine narrativ…
Congrats on the new book. How come the ebook (Kindle) is more expensive than the physical one? With higher commissions (and no printing or logistics costs) for the ebook, I'd expect the other way around.
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Sorry, it is published through Penguin, and they don't currently offer a PDF version.
Why not self publish? Given how well-known you are in your target market, you probably don't really need the marketing help from Penguin.
Congrats on the new book. How come the ebook (Kindle) is more expensive than the physical one? With higher commissions (and no printing or logistics costs) for the ebook, I'd expect the other way around.
I'm surprised the hardcover is cheaper than the paperback.
The great thing about HN is that it let me thanks you for DDG!
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You wrote two books and you run DDG? Got any advice on balancing it all? (also thanks for DDG!)
You're welcome. Sorry for being self-referential, but we really did put our best productivity advice in the book -- Chapter 3: Spend Your Time Wisely. Here are the "Key Takeaways" from that chapter (there is a little section at the end of each). * Choose activities to work on based on their relevance to your north star. * Focus your time on just one of these truly important activities at a time (no multitasking!), ma…