Maybe they should try marketing to Moms?
Books I finished in the last 6-8 months:
Stay Alive, Buruma
Chernow's biography of Grant
Bloodlands, Timothy Snyder
Fear No Evil, Natan Sharansky
"Dad books" — which this article, and some publishing insiders, use to describe "serious nonfiction" books across biography, current affairs and business and economics — are reportedly in a free fall, with sales declining every year for the last few years
“The trend couldn’t be clearer,” said Jonathan Karp, the former chief executive of Simon & Schuster and publisher of the new Simon Six imprint.
“When we have internal meetings to talk about this problem, it always comes around to podcasts,” said Jonathan Burnham, president and publisher of the Harper Group at HarperCollins Publishers.
For olds who still prefer just listening to their podcasts, the midroll break music on today's episode of Interesting Times with @DouthatNYT features yours truly on the oboe. My worlds officially collide. https://t.co/dBd4fscyAr
The wisdom in the reflections from @BenSasse in his conversation with @DouthatNYT is really worth the time.
And the man is hilarious.
Full interview without paywall here:
https://t.co/sML2LiWRnB
A fascinating answer from Gen Stan McChrystal to the NY Times on what he thinks about War Secretary Pete Hegseth's bravado culture.
Worth remembering he commanded a green beret platoon, an airborne battalion and a Ranger regiment, before running Joint Special Operations Command.
@LeahLibresco My 5 year old expressed an intense interest in riding his bike in a bike lane in DC because he sees other people doing it... Dad took him out yesterday and the pride in overcoming that risk was beaming from his little face for hours.
🚨🇫🇷 NEW: The location of the French aircraft carrier, FS Charles de Gaulle, has been given away by a sailor using Strava whilst jogging on the ship deck
[@lemondefr]
Reporter: Why didn't you tell allies about the war before attacking Iran?
Trump: We wanted it to be a surprise. Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor?