# Racket Publishing
> Racket is a boutique hybrid publisher that has released five prescriptive nonfiction titles with more planned. At the heart of everything we do lies RacketHub—the most powerful and sophisticated book-management system created.
Public Ghost content for AI and LLM tooling. Use `/llms-full.txt` for consolidated page and post context.
Append `.md` to any post or page URL to get the content in Markdown (for example, `/example-post.md`).

## Pages
- [Praise](https://www.racketpublishing.com/about-praise.md) - Kudos from former and current clients.
- [About](https://www.racketpublishing.com/about.md) - Why Racket exists and what it attempts to accomplish.
- [AI Disclaimer](https://www.racketpublishing.com/ai-disclaimer.md) - A note about how Racket uses generative tools on its website.
- [Subscriber Benefits & Resources](https://www.racketpublishing.com/benefits.md) - Exclusive content, free tools, and discounts on Racket courses and templates.
- [Index](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog-index.md) - As easy way to find the content on this site.
- [Blog](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog.md) - Thoughts and advice on publishing, writing, AI, technology, marketing, and more.
- [Connect](https://www.racketpublishing.com/connect.md) - How can Racket Publishing help you achieve your writing, publishing, and marketing goals?
- [FAQ](https://www.racketpublishing.com/faq.md) - You know the drill.
- [Racket Publishing](https://www.racketpublishing.com/home.md) - Racket is a boutique, author-centric publisher that uses state-of-the-art technology to produce phenomenal non-fiction books.
- [Privacy Policy](https://www.racketpublishing.com/privacy-policy.md) - Spam sucks. Here’s the obligatory, boring privacy page.
- [Products: Courses](https://www.racketpublishing.com/product-courses.md) - Essential knowledge to help authors effectively write and market their books.
- [Products: RacketHub](https://www.racketpublishing.com/product-rackethub.md) - Quite simply, the most powerful, customizable, integrated, comprehensive, organized, and intuitive system of its kind ever created.
- [Products](https://www.racketpublishing.com/products.md) - Powerful tools to help serious professionals research, write, manage, and market their books.
- [Services](https://www.racketpublishing.com/services.md) - How Racket Publishing helps first-time and experienced scribes.
- [Submit a Post Idea](https://www.racketpublishing.com/submit-post-idea.md) - Premium members can ask Racket Publishing founder Phil Simon a question about writing, publishing, AI, marketing, the book business, or another related topic.
- [Titles](https://www.racketpublishing.com/titles.md) - Racket Publishing has released five books so far. More are coming.
- [Welcome: Free](https://www.racketpublishing.com/welcome-free.md) - Thank you for becoming a Free member of the Racket Publishing community.
- [Welcome: Plus](https://www.racketpublishing.com/welcome-plus.md) - Thank you for becoming a Plus member of the Racket community.
- [Welcome: Premium](https://www.racketpublishing.com/welcome-premium.md) - Thank you for subscribing to Racket's Premium plan.

## Posts
- [Introducing the Racket Publishing Nonfiction Book Assessment](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/nonfiction-book-assessment.md) - A free tool to help authors size up their prospects.
- [On Horses and Clear Writing](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/horses-clear-writing.md) - A short post on an obscure term.
- [Squaring the Distribution Circle](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/squaring-the-distribution-circle.md) - As always, there's no such thing as a free lunch.
- [Google's Cautionary AI Tale](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/googles-cautionary-ai-tale.md) - First-time nonfiction authors should remember the perils of outsourcing their brains.
- [On Title and Subtitle Redundancy](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/on-title-and-subtitle-redundancy.md) - Thoughts on author term stuffing, specious claims, and lack of imagination.
- [You've Written an Incoherent Nonfiction Manuscript. Now What?](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/incoherent-nonfiction-manuscript.md) - Seven options for how to proceed.
- [The One Sentence Publishers Love to Hear From Authors](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/one-sentence.md) - Thoughts on acquisition editors' ultimate green flag.
- [Is That All You Got?](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/is-that-all-you-got.md) - Why discerning readers ask a simple question that every nonfiction author dreads.
- [More Accolades for The Catalysts](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/more-accolades-for-the-catalysts.md) - I couldn't be happier for Amanda Wick.
- [The Catalysts Wins Axiom Award](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/the-catalysts-wins-axiom-award.md) - The fifth Racket title has taken home some hardware.
- [AI Can (Mostly) Handle Bibliographies](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/ai-bibliographies.md) - We've come a long way in the past year. Another domino has fallen.
- [RacketHub Agents Have Arrived](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/rackethub-agents-have-arrived.md) - Agentic AI can do many things, including helping authors research and write quality nonfiction books.
- [Adiós, Citation Hell](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/adios-citation-hell.md) - This new benefit for Racket Publishing subscribers is a godsend for nonfiction writers who care about proper formatting and despise manual work.
- [AI as a Manuscript Cleansing Tool](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/ai-manuscript-cleansing-tool.md) - This new Racket Publishing subscriber benefit lets you easily kill extraneous styles in Microsoft Word documents.
- [LinkedIn Profile Evaluator](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/linkedin-profile-evaluator.md) - The professional social network is rife with scammers targeting writers. This new subscriber benefit helps scribes separate the wheat from the chaff.
- [Author Spam Assessment Tool](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/author-spam-assessment-tool.md) - This new Racket Publishing subscriber benefit helps scribes discern legit emails from bogus and dangerous ones.
- [AI Nonfiction Writing Evaluator](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/ai-nonfiction-writing-evaluator.md) - This new Racket Publishing subscriber benefit assesses the strengths and weaknesses of the words on a page.
- [A Better Way to Research Podcasts](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/better-way-to-research-podcasts.md) - The AI razor strikes again.
- [The Long-Tail Benefits of Professional Nonfiction Books](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/the-long-tail-benefits-of-professional-nonfiction-books.md) - Good things can happen years after your title hits the shelves if you put the time and effort in.
- [2025: The Year in Review](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/2025-the-year-in-review.md) - A look back at what Racket Publishing has accomplished since 2024 ended.
- [Serious Books Only](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/serious-books-only.md) - Thoughts on a near collaboration this year, an HBO show, and preserving the integrity of my boutique hybrid outfit.
- [How to Credit Your Ghostwriter](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/how-to-credit-your-ghostwriter.md) - The skinny on saying thanks to your writing partner.
- [On Author Contrivances](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/on-author-contrivances.md) - Falling in love with your cute book title and peppering your pages with its references is understandable. It also irritates your readers.
- [On Book Pricing Gaffes](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/book-pricing-gaffes.md) - Independently publishing your book means that you can set its price—and make a gigantic mistake in the process.
- [Why Prolific Bloggers Struggle to Write a Quality Book: A Theory](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/why-prolific-bloggers-struggle-to-write-a-quality-book-a-theory.md) - As it turns out, the final product makes a big difference.
- [The Myth of the Single Hybrid Publisher](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/myth-single-hybrid-publisher.md) - Apples, oranges, and coconuts are all round fruits, but that's where the similarities end. The same truism applies to publishing outfits.
- [Conspicuous Absences](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/conspicuous-absences.md) - Omitting blurbs on your first nonfiction text won't do you any favors.
- [Is Your Book an Asset or a Liability?](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/asset-or-liability.md) - A little yarn about how discerning folks will view your titles down the road.
- [AI Book Settlement Tracker](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/ai-book-settlement-tracker.md) - This new Notion template lets authors track key information about their pirated works.
- [On Wordle and Inflection Points](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/wordle-inflection-points.md) - All authors face problems when writing their manuscripts. Ignoring them and pushing ahead will bite you in the ass.
- [The Incredulous Math Behind One Book's Amazon Reviews](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/incredulous-math.md) - Authors who goose them look unscrupulous to those in the know.
- [A Simple Model for Writing a Nonfiction Book](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/a-simple-model-for-writing-a-nonfiction-book.md) - There is in fact a Goldilocks test for the amount of content your book needs.
- [Writer Sloppiness Remains Alive and Well](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/writer-sloppiness.md) - As a nondescript Saturday morning proved, examples of poorly written prose remain pervasive.
- [AI and the Speed Conundrum](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/ai-and-the-speed-conundrum.md) - Legacy publishers have routinely struggled to beat the clock. AI only exacerbates their problem.
- [The Better Book Question](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/the-better-book-question.md) - How many copies have I sold? That's one way to assess your success. Asking another one often makes more sense.
- [AI and Author Empowerment](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/ai-and-author-empowerment.md) - A short post about preserving our humanity.
- [The Myth of the Necessary Reader Confusion](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/necessary-reader-confusion.md) - Certain books' subjects require feeling perplexed while reading them, right? In a word, no.
- [Can AI Improve an Awful Audiobook Cover?](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/ai-audiobook-cover.md) - AI can easily create better output than lazy professionals can.
- [The Skinny on Book Forewords](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/book-forewords-skinny.md) - Common questions and answers about whether or not pursuing one makes sense.
- [How Much Research Do You Need to Do Before You Begin Writing Your Book?](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/book-research.md) - Answering a simple but essential question.
- [Be Wary of Bestseller Claims](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/specious-bestseller-claims.md) - Overly generic ones engender the same suspicions as their overly specific counterparts.
- [How Much Text Should You Put on the Back of Your Book?](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/book-back-text.md) - Eager first-time authors often make the same mistake I did. Don't.
- [What AI Thinks of Your Writing](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/ai-tone-detection.md) - It's never been easier to run your prose through the wringer.
- [The Great Author Substack Question](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/the-great-substack-question.md) - The pros and cons of the most popular newsletter tool out there.
- [Do Ghostwriters and Clients Need to Vibe With Each Other?](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/do-ghostwriters-and-clients-need-to-vibe-with-each-other.md) - Thoughts on whether a spark between the two is necessary.
- [Writing Lessons From Whiplash](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/writing-lessons-from-whiplash.md) - Thoughts on when to cut text from your manuscript.
- [The Ultimate Argument for Hybrid Publishing](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/the-ultimate-argument-for-hybrid-publishing.md) - Why it's best to strongly rethink working with traditional publishers these days.
- [The Mystery of the Bulk Book Sale](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/the-mystery-of-the-bulk-book-sale.md) - Why did your title suddenly sell dozens of books? Ask a better question.
- [A Simple Tip to Make Your Sentences Come Alive](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/sentences-come-alive.md) - Avoid this weak verb in your prose.
- [More Shaving With the AI Razor](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/more-ai-shaving.md) - If regularly you're not using GenAI to assist with your writing, you're wasting valuable time.
- [Make Your Designer's Life Easier](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/make-your-designers-life-easier.md) - You needn't be a professional these days to jumpstart the process of creating figures for your book.
- [New Notion Template: Simple Service Provider Evaluation Tool](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/new-notion-template-simple-service-provider-evaluation-tool.md) - Looking for an easy way to evaluate editors, designers, ghostwriters, and other publishing folks? Look no further.
- [Racket Publishing's Next Chapter](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/the-next-chapter.md) - Exciting news on where we're going.
- [Unpacking the Reasons for a Successful Book Project](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/unpacking.md) - Why did Amanda Wick stick the landing on her new book?
- [Publication of The Catalysts](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/the-catalysts.md) - The fifth Racket title is out.
- [On Ghostwriters, Selectivity, and Unicorns](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/on-ghostwriters-selectivity-and-unicorns.md) - Are the requirements for your writing partner unreasonable?
- [The Case for a Concierge](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/concierge.md) - Whether your visiting a city or writing a book for the first time, you will benefit from personalized, sage advice.
- [Every Book Project Is Different](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/every-book-project-is-different.md) - The precise path to publication is never the same—and it shouldn't be.
- [Revisiting My Unifying Theory of Business](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/unifying-theory.md) - A post on authors' willingness to embrace contemporary tools—or lack thereof.
- [The Five Levels of Nonfiction Author Marketing](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/five-levels.md) - You can spend nothing or oodles of cash promoting your book. Here's a useful taxonomy to help you get your head around costs, time, and effort.
- [How Notion Benefits Authors](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/how-notion-benefits-authors.md) - If you're not using it, you're missing out on all sorts of goodies.
- [It's Galley Time: Types of Issues Authors Can Expect to Encounter](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/galley-issues.md) - The PDF of your book has finally arrived. Some thoughts about what to expect.
- [Parallels Between Books and Databases](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/books-and-databases.md) - It turns out that the two aren't all that dissimilar.
- [Pre-Order The Catalysts](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/pre-order-the-catalysts.md) - News on the fifth Racket title.
- [On Gates, Books, and Priorities](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/gates.md) - Thoughts on a monumental personal and professional decision.
- [Legacy Publishers' Shrinking List of Responsibilities](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/what-do-legacy-publishers-do-anymore.md) - Authors have to increasingly pick up the slack.
- [Tech Questions to Ask Your Potential Ghostwriter](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/tech-questions-ghostwriter.md) - When vetting potential writing partners, it's worth considering their choice of tools.
- [Simon's First Law of Case Studies](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/case-studies.md) - When telling stories, striking a balance is essential.
- [Key Questions to Ask Your Potential Ghostwriter](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/key-questions-ghostwriter.md) - Tips on selecting your future writing partner.
- [The Benefit of Boutiques](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/the-benefit-of-boutiques.md) - Why growth isn't the priority at Racket Publishing.
- [The AI Razor Revisited](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/the-ai-razor-revisited.md) - Properly formatting endnotes is a bore. It turns out, there's a better way.
- [Six Ways to Write a Book Today](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/six-ways-to-write-a-book-today.md) - Some are much more likely to make the desired impact than others.
- [What Authors Can Learn From an Iconic Hockey Announcer](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/what-authors-can-learn-from-an-iconic-hockey-announcer.md) - A quick post about the death of a legend.
- [On AI, Workout Apps, and Generic Books](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/ai-generic-books.md) - Thanks to AI, it's never been easier to write a book, but churning out a good one still requires more than entering a series of prompts.
- [The 46 Non-Writing Hats Skilled Non-Fiction Ghostwriters Wear](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/ghostwriter-hats.md) - Thoughts on one of the most diverse, interesting, challenging, and rewarding jobs on the planet.
- [The Dangers of Disparate Documents](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/document-dangers.md) - A short post on organization and writing.
- [The Wow Test](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/the-wow-test.md) - A simple way to vet potential ghostwriters.
- [New RacketHub Features: Project Pulse and Participant Polling](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/rackethub-polling.md) - A simple way to prevent book projects from getting derailed.
- [On Books, Success, and Ego](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/ego.md) - Thoughts on successful folks determined to write a book—not necessarily a good one.
- [On Quickie Book Services](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/quickie.md) - A post about paint-by-numbers approaches to book publishing.
- [On Buildings and Books](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/on-buildings-and-books.md) - A post on the parallels between the two.
- [The Algebra of Ghostwriting](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/the-algebra-of-ghostwriting.md) - A simple equation to figure out how much you'll spend with your writing partner.
- [New Notion Template: Manuscript Word-Count Tracker](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/word-count-notion.md) - A simple way to track your progress as you write. Oh, and it's free.
- [Why Writers Abandon Their Books](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/abandon.md) - For a bevy of reasons, they often don't finish what they start.
- [On GenAI and Mislabeled Receipts](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/mislabeled-receipts.md) - A quick yarn to illustrate a key limitation of the technology du jour.
- [Footnotes, Endnotes, and Other Publishing Gaffes](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/footnotes-endnotes.md) - Time to pick some reference-related nits.
- [Why You Should Start Small With Your Ghostwriter](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/starting-small.md) - A post on the benefits of dating before getting married.
- [How to Vet Hybrid Publishers](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/vet-hybrid-publishers.md) - Thoughts on an epic decision that every author needs to make.
- [On Tennis Rackets and Publishing Tech](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/tennis-rackets.md) - Parallels between legacy publishers and a '70s legend who tried to pretend that the world remained stagnant.
- [Now Available: New Speaking Gig Task Database](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/speaking-gig-task-database.md) - Need a failsafe way to ensure that you never forget a thing on your speaking gig? You're in luck.
- [Author Mistake #1: Superfluous Word Repetition](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/first-sin-word-repetition.md) - Why repeatedly using the same word or phrase will irk readers.
- [The Case for a Data-Oriented Approach to Research and Writing](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/data-oriented.md) - Making the case to quantify your book-related efforts as quickly as possible.
- [The Overlooked Benefit of Hybrid Publishing](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/overlooked-benefit.md) - Something to think about if you're unsure of your dates.
- [The Charlatans of Hybrid Publishing](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/charlatans-hybrid-publishing.md) - An encounter at the gym a few years ago offers a valuable lesson for impressionable scribes.
- [Congrats to Racket Client Dr. Alli Kert](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/alli-kert.md) - A licensed psychologist had an idea for a book. It's now out.
- [Solving the Publicity Tracking Mess](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/publicity-tracking-mess.md) - Tired of scrambling to answer simple questions about guest posts, interviews, and articles? Enter a neat Notion template.
- [Can You Write Your Manuscript in Notion?](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/manuscript-notion.md) - Is the increasingly popular magnet app up to this massive task?
- [PopClip](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/popclip.md) - Every author should embrace this gem of an app.
- [Lessons From Helping 50 Non-Fiction Authors](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/50-authors.md) - Reflections on a dozen years of answering similar questions.
- [The Next Book Format](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/the-next-book-format.md) - It doesn't take a rocket surgeon to read the tea leaves.
- [The Unreasonably Hospitable Publisher](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/unreasonable.md) - How Racket embraces a book ostensibly about the restaurant industry.
- [On Books and Wicked Environments](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/wicked.md) - Over the months or years required to write one, stability should rule the day. If chaos is your modus operandi, you're in trouble.
- [The AI Razor](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/razor.md) - Thanks to today's über-powerful tools, it's not at all hard to shave off a few hours of manual work.
- [Fifth Racket Title Coming](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/fifth-racket-title-coming.md) - Amanda Wick's bold debut effort, The Catalysts, arrives soon.
- [The Author as Gatekeeper](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/gatekeeper.md) - Just because you can circumvent traditional publishers and write that book doesn't mean you should.
- [On Rookie Authors and Criminals](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/rookie-authors-criminals.md) - A fantastic scene from the iconic show offers a key lesson for new scribes.
- [The Ten-Copy Rule](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/the-ten-copy-rule.md) - A simple litmus test on whether your book's focus was sufficiently specific.
- [AI-Generated Amazon Book Review Summaries Have Arrived](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/amazon-ai-reviews.md) - The inevitable has happened.
- [The Discerning Author Revisited](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/the-discerning-author-revisited.md) - Revisiting my recent decision to pass on an offer to write a new For Dummies book. Did I make the right call? And what can you learn from my decision-making process?
- [The Myth of One](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/the-myth-of-one.md) - Authors who think writing a quality book means doing it all themselves are sorely mistaken.
- [The Blurring Lines Between Publishing Methods](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/blurring-lines.md) - Not that long ago, a clear demarcation existed between traditional and hybrid publishing. These days, not so much.
- [Book Coach or Ghostwriter?](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/book-coach-or-ghostwriter.md) - Which one makes the most sense? A quick post on one of the factors to consider.
- [The AI-Driven Author Time Shift](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/ai-author-time.md) - Some musings about what to do now that anyone can write a passable book about anything.
- [Author Marketing Lessons From The Wire](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/author-marketing-lessons-the-wire.md) - A short post on the promise and peril of each interaction.
- [Meet RacketHub](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/meet-rackethub.md) - Our first product is an insanely powerful, flexible, proven, and intuitive book management system built for authors, coaches, ghostwriters, and publishers.
- [Why You Shouldn't Need a Developmental Edit](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/developmental-edit.md) - Books and houses aren't all that different. There are lots of ways to build them—and you shouldn't do either without an experienced hand.
- [Why All Authors Should Conduct AI Experiments](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/ai-experiments.md) - Even if you waste a few minutes now, familiarizing yourself with this powerful new batch of tools is a long-term investment worth making.
- [How to Review Your Galley Like a Pro](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/how-to-review-your-galley.md) - Your book is close to becoming a reality. Make it easy for everyone involved to do their jobs—including you.
- [Does Your Book Need a Subtitle?](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/does-your-book-need-a-subtitle.md) - A few thoughts on some of the most important words you'll write.
- [The Nine Wins Two Axiom Awards](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/the-nine-wins-axiom-award.md) - Some recognition for the third Racket title.
- [Books and Viruses](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/books-and-viruses.md) - Thoughts on how authors can maximize word of mouth.
- [The Many Hats of Indie Authors](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/the-many-hats-of-indie-authors.md) - You may think that you can publish a book and be done with it. As Spotify's recent overreach shows, that's a dangerous mindset.
- [Author Horror Story #6: Sticker Shock](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/author-horror-story-6-sticker-shock.md) - A scribe's enthusiasm disappears the minute he sees what his publisher will charge for his book.
- [A Parable](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/a-parable.md) - Sometimes you need to stay in your lane.
- [Author Horror Story #5: The Typo](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/author-horror-story-5-typo.md) - Non-existent quality control bites an author and college professor in the ass.
- [Books and Regrets](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/books-and-regrets.md) - As usual, Dank Pink got me thinking.
- [Author Horror Story #4: Courier](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/author-horror-story-4-courier.md) - Disbelief befalls two first-time scribes when they see their publisher's wretched cover options.
- [Building a Better Research Ingestion Engine](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/research-ingestion-engines.md) - The right mindset and tool can help authors increase efficiency, organize their content better, save time, and yield superior results.
- [Author Horror Story #3: The Moving Target](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/author-horror-story-3-moving-target.md) - What happens when the pub date keeps shifting?
- [How to Format Your Manuscript Like a Pro](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/how-to-format-your-manuscript.md) - A few gangster Microsoft Word tips can make everyone’s life easier—especially yours.
- [Eliminating Grunt Work One Automation at a Time](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/grunt-work.md) - Ten minutes of learning and setting up new shortcuts can pay major dividends over the course of a project.
- [What Authors Can Learn From Accountants and Payroll Managers](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/payroll-accounting-authors.md) - Scribes would do well to take a page from these folks' books.
- [Author Horror Story #2: Errors Galore](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/author-horror-story-2-errors-galore.md) - When joy turns to disapointment and anger.
- [The Traditional Publisher's Conundrum](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/conundrum.md) - Explaining the current catch-22 of the hits-driven publishing world.
- [Author Horror Story #1: The Case of the Missing Books](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/author-horror-story-1.md) - What happens when a traditional publisher drops the ball?
- [The Wrong Kind of Workout](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/the-wrong-kind-of-workout.md) - Even large corporations bungle words. Remember that when you decide that you can edit your own book.
- [Author Lessons From a Historic Emmy Snub](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/emmy-snub.md) - Looking for fairness in artistic fields? Look elsewhere.
- [Control](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/control.md) - Hybrid and self-publishing can be empowering, but a pure DIY approach is bound to result in expensive gaffes.
- [What's Your Writing Style?](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/whats-your-writing-style.md) - Grammarly confirms what I already know.
- [Is It Wise to Revise?](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/wise-to-revise.md) - Considerations on whether authors should write second editions of their non-fiction books.
- [Two Simple Rules for Authors](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/two-simple-rules-for-authors.md) - Regardless of their specific genres, aspiring scribes can learn a great deal from Neil Peart and Voltaire.
- [A 2024 Amazon Prediction](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/2024-amazon-prediction.md) - I suspect that The Everything Store will limit low-quality knockoffs this year.
- [The Discerning Author](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/the-discerning-author.md) - Think about the potential downsides of writing that book before haphazardly signing that contract.
- [A New Coat of Paint](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/a-new-coat-of-paint.md) - It was time to tweak this site's appearance. So I did.
- [Bumps](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/bumps.md) - A few thoughts about long-form writing projects.
- [Publication of Reimagining Payments](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/publication-reimagining-payments.md) - The fourth Racket title is out.
- [Breaking Down the 252 Tasks Involved in Writing a Business Book](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/252-tasks-business-book.md) - Let's geek out with some data from a recent Racket project.
- [The Ghostwriter as a Chef](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/the-ghostwriter-as-a-chef.md) - Thoughts on the striking parallels between the two professions.
- [A Note to Indie Authors on the Recent Spotify Announcement](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/spotify-audiobooks.md) - If professional scribes don’t value their content, no one else will.
- [The Folly of Mental Project Management](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/folly.md) - Tools matter when writing a book. Run if someone tells you otherwise.
- [Update on Latest Racket Title](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/update-reimagining-payments.md) - Reimagining Payments arrives later this year.
- [Appearance on Beyond the Cover Podcast](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/beyond-the-cover-podcast.md) - A fun chat about an array of interesting topics.
- [On Writing, AI, and Xerox Machines](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/on-writing-ai-and-xerox-machines.md) - Get under the hood, and you'll be surprised at how generative-AI tools write.
- [Reading the McGraw Hill Tea Leaves](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/mcgraw-hill.md) - Thoughts on the announcement rocking publishers of business books.
- [A Note to Former Scribe Media Clients](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/scribe-media-clients.md) - Your publishing partner just shut its doors. What to do?
- [Blind Spots](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/blind-spots.md) - Thoughts on one of the many perils of true self-publishing.
- [Publication of The Nine](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/publication-the-nine.md) - Racket's third title is now live. 💥
- [The Author as a Chief Product Officer](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/the-author-as-a-chief-product-officer.md) - Think that others will shepherd your book through the process? Think again.
- [The Non-Fiction Advantage (and Disadvantage)](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/non-fiction-advantage-and-disadvantage.md) - Thoughts on timing and sales for the two different genres.
- [New Racket Title Coming](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/new-racket-title-coming.md) - Reimagining Payments arrives later this year.
- [For Whom? The Importance of Writer Personas](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/writer-personas.md) - Why non-fiction authors should rely upon a popular tool in the software-development world.
- [Should Authors Leave Twitter?](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/should-authors-leave-twitter.md) - It sucks, but complete disengagement from the embattled social network isn't wise.
- [Complimentarity](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/complimentarity.md) - Thoughts on follow-up books or—better yet—conceiving of a series.
- [Publication of Low-Code/No-Code](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/low-code-no-code.md) - The new Racket title is out now.
- [The Case for Advance Review Copies](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/the-case-for-advance-copies.md) - Thoughts on the benefits of going old school.
- [On Books and Oceans](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/on-books-and-oceans.md) - Thoughts on similarities between the two.
- [Thoughts on Books, Co-Authors, and Babies](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/thoughts-on-books-co-authors-and-babies.md) - Before embarking on a book with a co-author, ask yourself if the two of you are on the same page.
- [Rhea Seahorn, Better Call Saul, and Planning](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/rhea-seahorn-better-call-saul-and-planning.md) - Don't be surprised if your words morph as you proceed towards your ultimate goal. In fact, expect it.
- [Publication of Project Management in the Hybrid Workplace](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/publication-project-management-in-the-hybrid-workplace.md) - The first Racket title has arrived. Rejoice.
- [The Importance of Book Covers](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/the-importance-of-book-covers.md) - As a matter of fact, people do judge books in part by their covers.
- [The Case for Author Experiments](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/the-case-for-author-experiments.md) - Stuck on a title, subtitle, and cover for your book? Let data show you the way. Oh, and I compare myself to Brad Pitt.
- [Announcing New Racket Publishing Author Marketing Course](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/new-author-marketing-course.md) - In The Author Flywheel, I open up my book of author hacks developed and refined over the past twelve years.
- [How Author Indecision Leads to Missed Opportunities](https://www.racketpublishing.com/blog/authors-books-indecision.md) - Thoughts on the downsides of dithering while writing a topical business book—or paying someone to do it for you.

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