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Alert: Tiny Experiments and Clear Thinking on sale

Good evening! As I write this, there are a couple books my readers are sure to be interested in that are steeply discounted on Kindle.

Tiny Experiments is $2.99, and Clear Thinking is $1.99.

Tiny Experiments by Anne-Laure Le Cunff, is my favorite new traditionally-published self-help book in a long time. It highlights, promotes, and formalizes ways of thinking that will hopefully be very familiar to my readers: the “linear” world we’ve been brought up in gives us unrealistic expectations about...

May 2025 Income Report

This is a (new!) condensed report. For the detailed report, join the Patreon »

May’s revenue was $3,771, down from April’s $5,797. Profits were $2,173, down from April’s $4,653.

Condensed report📚 Book Sales: $1,839📦 Misc. Products: $6🗣️ Affiliates/Advertising: $1,777🙌 Reader Support: $150👨🏻‍💼 Services: $0💰 Gross Income: $3,771

Expenses

🧾 General: $189📣 Advertising: $1,074🌐 Hosting: $336🧮 Total Expenses: $1,598

Net Profit: $2,173

This months’ highlights🎁 Mind Management giveaway o...

Related Discount: The 4-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss

Good afternoon! I just noticed that The 4-Hour Work Week is only $2.99 on Amazon Kindle (in the U.S., as I write this).

Many of my readers probably already have this book, but it’s of enough personal significance to me I had to pass it along. I first read it in 2007, when I was in Silicon Valley and burnt out on working for others.

Thanks to this book I was able to re-think everything about time, money, and how life can be lived. This helped me build passive income, which helped me build my car...

Related Discount Alert: The Creative Act by Rick Rubin

Good evening! I just saw great deal for a book you’ll probably enjoy, and I wanted to let you know ASAP, because I don’t know how long it will last.

The Creative Act by Rick Rubin is only $2.99 on Amazon Kindle, right now at this second as I write this. (It could be over by the time you read this). This is the first-ever discount for this ebook, which has been $16.99 since it was introduced.

If you’re into creativity books, such as my Heart to Start (which is ALSO $2.99), you’ve probably heard o...

What I’ve learned making AI videos on Google Veo 3

I’ve been playing around with Google Veo 3 lately (also Veo 2), and making AI video is fun and exciting! Things are getting to the point where you can make some cool things. Here are some quick notes on what I’ve learned so far (and some of the things I’ve created).

Some of my AI video projects so far

Hamlet in 60 seconds

My biggest project so far is Hamlet in 60 seconds.

I love Hamlet, but know Shakespeare is hard to understand. I think some of the most exciting AI video content be...

April 2025 Income Report

This is a (new!) condensed report. For the detailed report, join the Patreon »

April’s revenue was $5,797, up from March’s $3,974. Profits were $4,653, up from March’s $802.

New: Condensed reports

If you don’t want to wade through thousands of words to find out what’s going on in my business and self-publishing at large, I’m now going to be publishing condensed summary reports, with revenue by category, and a TL;DR of what happened.

Join the Patreon for detailed reports

If you’re interested in ...

Introducing: How to Sell a Book on (AI narrated) audiobook

My latest book, How to Sell a Book is now available on audiobook, exclusively on Audible.

For the first time: AI narration!

I’m very excited to, for the first time, present one of my audiobooks with AI narration! I created it using Amazon’s Audible Virtual Voice Studio.

It took a bit of correction here and there, which is arguably as much work as narrating an audiobook. (Maybe I’ll do a demo for Patreon supporters?)

Go at least listen to the sample. In my opinion some of the inflection is off ...

Why I’m meditating 300 hours

I’ve now made it an explicit goal to meditate 300 hours in 2025. I’m halfway there. I’ve meditated 150 hours: An hour a day for 146 straight days, plus 4 additional hours.

You might think I’m on some kind of sabbatical, but I consider my one-hour meditation session a part of my workday. Spending so much time meditating actually makes me more productive.

Some people think it’s sacrilegious to use meditation as a means to an end, but I have no shame about using meditation as a tool.

Meditation is...

100 Journal Prompts Workbook now on Amazon paperback

The 100 Journal Prompts Workbook has just passed the Amazon approval process, and is now available as a paperback. I’ve set a low introductory price so you can grab it now.

A paperback journal?

This is so new I haven’t yet gotten my hands on a copy, but I’ll be interested to see how a paperback version of the journal turns out. For the best possible writing experience, I recommend buying a spiral-bound journal from my store.

In fact, I’ve set up a 20% off coupon for the journal or any bundle tha...

Related Discount Alert: How to be Everything

I like to keep an eye out for Kindle deals I think my readers will enjoy – especially those on time management and creativity. These are great reads to explore between my own books. Plus, when readers like you grab these deals, it can help signal to Amazon’s algorithm that my books belong alongside them.

Today I noticed that How to Be Everything, by Emilie Wapnick is only $1.99 on Amazon Kindle, marked down a massive 89% (previously it was $17.99)