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The Persistence of Doubt
(and the first annual BPR "State of Trade Book Publishing Survey")
Dec 8, 2025 • Paul Bogaards
A Guest Post About the Business of Yore
(from a writer you'll want to follow on Substack)
Nov 6, 2025 • Paul Bogaards
On Amazon (briefly) and Panamerica Books
"The economics of selling single copies of books through a distributor to bookstores are deadly. It’s not a business. I’m a writer, and even I…
Oct 11, 2025 • Paul Bogaards
On Infidelity (and Seduction)
We all cheat.
Oct 10, 2025 • Paul Bogaards
IT WAS ALL A DREAM
That we survived Covid, and being sent home, and then being called back, only to witness the demise of American democracy, is a lot to process.
Jul 23, 2025 • Paul Bogaards
The Chase, part one
Jul 16, 2025 • Paul Bogaards
5:08
WHAT IF IT ALL WORKS OUT
There was a time not too long ago when a person could make sense of the world, when we didn’t wake from a fitful night of sleep to headlines about the…
Jan 6, 2025 • Paul Bogaards
ON FRIENDSHIP
You have ten minutes to live.
Oct 17, 2024 • Paul Bogaards
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