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Saturday, June 27, 2026

Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance

 

  • “Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance.”
  •  — Ruth E. Renkel







Meet the Man Behind the Most Beautiful Books in the World

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I appreciate what 2K/DENMARK’s Klaus Krogh says about their ambitions when he and his wife started the company:

When I started this company together with my wife, I said we got to become a very very small company. Why? Because we are going to put so much effort into each and every assignment that nobody’s going to pay for it. So we are not going to grow any. Now almost 40 years later, we have the very best customers. We have customers in 43 countries. We do typesetting in Chinese and Japanese. Why? Well, because we take care. We do our very best every 



Mentioned this in passing a few months ago, but wanted to remind you that The Art of Star Wars: Andor is coming out in about a week. Looks great.

Has AI Already Killed How-To Nonfiction? Sales Trends, My Personal Data, and What It Might Mean for the Future


A long oral history of Steven Spielberg and his career. “He’s a terrific collaborator. He himself is a continuous lightbulb flickering on and off with one idea after another, but he’s not terribly protective of an idea.”


 The best intellectual biographies of the last twenty-five years.  An excellent thread, though it will induce you to spend some 

The Man Who Reads Books For a Living (One Every Two Days)

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