Books And Articles Newsletter, Issue 46 \ stacker news ~BooksAndArticles

News Of The Week

Welcome to the Books And Articles newsletter. Thanks for all of the quality posts.

This is the final edition of 2024. I want to take a moment to thank all the contributors who provided this territory with some great content this first year. I hope this is just the beginning. I will probably try some new things with the goal of creating a place where writers earn a fair fee in bitcoin for their work. It may be a long process, so please be patient.

Happy reading, and Happy New Year!

. As always, please reply with suggestions and opinions on how to make this territory better.

Logo design by @plebpoet Link to last week’s newsletter: #819033

Siggy’s Suggestions

Review of Greg Bear’s Moving Mars by @Rothbardian_fanatic

I am pretty sure this is the first book review submitted by @Rothbardian_fanatic. Since I’m not a science fiction reader, this book was completely off my radar. I admit I am intrigued. The post didn’t get much attention for whatever reason , so I suggest that stackers give it a look now.

Why I enjoy reading Sci-Fi by @fishious

Speaking of Sci-Fi, here’s a nugget from a new SN account that didn’t get the attention it deserved. I was disappointed that there wasn’t more back and forth discussion. It’s a topic I want to learn more about.

Writing Contests

Stackers’ Blogs

My Bitcoin Journey

Inspired by Writing Contest #1, this is where stacker’s bitcoin origin stories will be posted for easy reference.

Grayruby’s Bitcoin story by @grayruby
I Put ¼ Of A Bitcoin In A Landfill by @brandonsbytes
From Selling Newspapers To Finding Bitcoin by @Coinsreporter
My bitcoin journey by @Carreson
"Who are you?" — How do I want to answer? by @IamSINGLE
"My journey with Bitcoin: the experience of an ordinary Cuban" by @BTCLNAT
@realBitcoinDog Bitcoin Story - No, social media had nothing to do with it xD by @realBitcoinDog

Book Clubs

Books

The Universal Good Deal by @cleophas
Who Brought The Steak Tartare?, Chapter 1 by @cleophas
The Final Product by @cleophas
The Penal Preserve, Chapter 1 by @cleophas
Happy The Hippo, an absolutely wonderful children’s book written by @cryotosensei for his son.
The Rogue Scholar by @jbschirtzinger
Submersible by @johnbnevin
And Then She Disappears - Block 1 by @ginkgo

Book Reviews

Bitcoin Academic Articles & Reviews

Movie & Television Reviews

Essays

Poetry

Short Stories

Comics

Apriori Flower 01:16 - Are We Better? - Dhamma Comic by @Nuttall

41 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei 16h

Thank you for lovingly carving a space of community and camaraderie to encourage the exchange of views and personal tales. You have helped me feel like I am a more accomplished writer this year - and this weighs more than anything else, including sats xP

41 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter 17h

Congrats! That Dickens correlation with SN is very apt. There were writers all over in the past who used to make a living by writing like this. https://daveastoronliterature.com/2020/11/29/novelists-who-navigated-from-newspapers/

61 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 17h

What a nice thread: #821212, I'm sorry I missed it.

Makes me wonder what, if anything, SN can do to maintain a good post's engagement after the first 24 hours

One thought I had is that if a post that had a lot of engagement receives a new reply or a large zap, it can still rise up in the Hot list. This would increase competition for space in Hot, and could disadvantage new posts, so that's a major tradeoff

41 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 17h

Thanks, Siggy.

I missed the Moving Mars post when it went up. That book sounds right up my alley. I just need to finish off half a dozen Wheel of Time books first.

41 sats \ 6 replies \ @NovaRift 17h

What is this all about? Is there any content writing contest held here?

0 sats \ 5 replies \ @siggy47 OP 17h

This is the newsletter for the ~BooksAndArticles territory. When I started the newsletter I held two writing contests. It became obvious that there was little interest beyond the second one, so I haven't held another.

The purpose of the newsletter is to give visibility to content posted in the territory each week.

41 sats \ 4 replies \ @NovaRift 17h

I appreciate you letting me know. I mistakenly believed those were the winners of the contest. I understand now.

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @siggy47 OP 17h

Usually the top post gets a 50% sat split. This week my post was at the top, so there was no sat split.

82 sats \ 2 replies \ @NovaRift 17h

Oh wow, this is a great idea for paying to create. I saw that anyone can post there. I also read a lot of books and have recommendations, feedback, quotes, and much more to share about them. I will try. Thanks for the nice introduction.

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 OP 17h

I'm happy to hear it! I look forward to reading your posts.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @NovaRift 17h

I truly hope that my posts will be to your liking 🙏