Shameless book plug
If you like this newsletter, I'm pretty sure you'll like On The Edge: The Art of Risking Everything.
Yesterday, I finished recording the audiobook version of On The Edge. The process was both challenging — it gave me a newfound appreciation for actors, or anyone who has to speak consecutively for hours at a time — and fascinating. (I’m kind of a low-key language nerd and I’d never thought so much about the differences between written and spoken English.) It was also the first time I’ve really gotten to take in the whole book without being under acute deadline pressure — it’s a weird feeling, because a project that you work on for more than three years takes on a life of its own, almost as though it was created by your identical twin.
If you want a long description of the On The Edge — the subject of which is gambling and risk, but which also includes a lot of politics-adjacent material — you can find that here. Or if you want a third party to vouch for it, the initial reviews have been generous.
But I’m just going to keep this simple. The book is on sale on August 13th.1 Book sales are a momentum-driven process. Preorders help convince booksellers to order more copies, and so forth, and are therefore greatly appreciated. Links to preorder at the largest retailers are here:
Or check in with your favorite independent bookstore.
And although we unexpectedly got scooped in our use of a black-on-lime-green color scheme, I have to say I think the cover looks pretty handsome. Back to regularly-scheduled newsletter content soon.
I guess we’re pressing our luck by publishing a book about gambling on the 13th of the month.
Preordered!
One more attempt to get this in the mailbag, all the more relevant now that you're formally involved with prediction markets - would love your take on this story of Rishi Sunak's aide betting on the timing of the UK election, in all likelihood with insider information (https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/12/rishi-sunaks-closest-aide-placed-bet-on-election-date-days-before-announcement?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other). I think it's a really curious case, I can see how it's a bad visual for this guy... but how can you justify a legal political prediction market that suppresses good information? Do you see this as the same as an athlete betting on one of their own games, or different? How about insider trading in the stock market?
Congratulations! Have you considered offering some sort of book + year of Silver Bulletin bundle? I have a hunch there's a significant overlap in the set of readers.