I have a query from a person connected to the women Rudy Giuliani owes … they are being approached with offers for books and documentaries & they are confused & have no idea what to do.
I deactivated my Twitter account on Wednesday. The only thing that was holding me back was that I’m writing a book and feared that an agent or publisher might tell me I had to be more active on Twitter. I’m reassured to hear you say it doesn’t drive the needle in book sales. Is it still considered important by publishers though? And is Bluesky a subsitiute?
What publishers consider important, I do -- my job is to sell to them. So when I say "Twitter isn't important," I mean it.
Here's the thing: even at the platform's peak, connections on Twitter have always been very cheap. We like (or rail against) tweets and then forget the names of the people who tweeted them 5 seconds later...if we ever clock them at all. We follow accounts not out of any particular admiration for the work of the tweeter, but because they give us LOLZ or news.
The exceptions to this are the people who managed to wrack up *huge* follower counts doing something special, heartfelt, and sustained with the medium--think Jonny Sun. Otherwise? Nah. Less than 1% of one's Twitter following would generally buy one's book.
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"Your people are out there, even in the dark."
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Thank you for the poem. I've printed it and will carry it in my bag, take it out and read it again and again.
I simply adore this newsletter. Somehow, that is enough for today.
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I have a query from a person connected to the women Rudy Giuliani owes … they are being approached with offers for books and documentaries & they are confused & have no idea what to do.
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What a beautiful piece of writing this is.
I am so grateful to have your explicit blessing to quit Twitter.
I deactivated my Twitter account on Wednesday. The only thing that was holding me back was that I’m writing a book and feared that an agent or publisher might tell me I had to be more active on Twitter. I’m reassured to hear you say it doesn’t drive the needle in book sales. Is it still considered important by publishers though? And is Bluesky a subsitiute?
What publishers consider important, I do -- my job is to sell to them. So when I say "Twitter isn't important," I mean it.
Here's the thing: even at the platform's peak, connections on Twitter have always been very cheap. We like (or rail against) tweets and then forget the names of the people who tweeted them 5 seconds later...if we ever clock them at all. We follow accounts not out of any particular admiration for the work of the tweeter, but because they give us LOLZ or news.
The exceptions to this are the people who managed to wrack up *huge* follower counts doing something special, heartfelt, and sustained with the medium--think Jonny Sun. Otherwise? Nah. Less than 1% of one's Twitter following would generally buy one's book.
Thanks. This is good to know.
I love that story, thanks for telling us 🙏🏻