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Tobias S. Buckell
Personal blog · tobiasbuckell.comwritingeconomics
Tobias S. Buckell's personal blog at tobiasbuckell.com covers writing and economics. Since 2010, 9 different Hacker News readers have linked it 11 times, most often “Why my books are no longer for sale via Amazon”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-20, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link Tobias Buckell's blog for a 2010 post on why books cost what they do, which they cite in e-book pricing debates, and for a post on the SpaceX Falcon 9 Dragon launch.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Tobias S. Buckell is a Caribbean New York Times Bestselling and World Fantasy Award winning author with over a hundred published stories and over a dozen novels
Most-linked posts?
- Why my books are no longer for sale via Amazon3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2010-01-31
- Writers and Pellets: How Randomness, Success, and Art Can Drive You Crazy2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-07-11
What Hacker News says?
Tobias Buckell's blog post: http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2010/12/08/dragon-spacecraftfal...
Comment linking /2010/12/08/dragon-spacecraftfalcon-9-test-launch-today-we-hope
on “SpaceX falcon9 launch”Submitted Why my books are no longer for sale via Amazon as a story · 69 points
HN discussionWhat most people don't realize, is that the "physical" cost of a book isn't a particularly significant portion of its cost at low volumes, and very little of its risk (You can do multiple printings should a book do better than expected) The author here: http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2010/01/31/why-my-books-are-no-... Did a great job of capturing many of the costs of publishing a book - Author's Advance, editor, copy-…
Comment linking /2010/01/31/why-my-books-are-no-longer-for-sale-via-amazon/
on “Amazon indicates they'll accept Macmillan's terms”Submitted American Lifespan By County as a story · 63 points
HN discussione-songs sell much higher volume. Therefore, e-books must cost more to cover the fixed costs (someone else posted a breakdown of book-costs in an earlier thread). Edit: http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2010/01/31/why-my-books-are-no-...
Comment linking /2010/01/31/why-my-books-are-no-longer-for-sale-via-amazon/
on “Amazon indicates they'll accept Macmillan's terms”Submitted Reagan socialized US healthcare, we’re just fighting about how to pay for it as a story · 9 points
HN discussionSubmitted Is Amazon not selling Kindle versions of Macmillan books a strong arm tactic? as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Writers and Pellets: How Randomness, Success, and Art Can Drive You Crazy as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Somalia: no government… still not a libertarian paradise as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Writers and Pellets: How Randomness, Success, and Art Can Drive You Crazy as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Tobias Buckell: Delaying gratification as a story · 1 points
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