16.27: Nobody Wants to Read a Book

Published: July 4, 2021, 10 p.m.

b"Your Hosts:\\xa0DongWon Song, Mary Robinette Kowal, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler
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\\nOur controversial episode title comes to us via John Schwarzwelder, and it points up nicely the importance of today's topic, which is first lines, first pages, and how we set about convincing people (who may or may not want to read a book) to read OUR book.
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