How to Navigate Amazon’s E-Reader Monopoly

How to Navigate Amazon’s E-Reader Monopoly

For a Professional Reader Like Maris Kreizman It’s Hard to Avoid the “World’s Largest Bookseller”

By Maris Kreizman | August 6, 2026

Author or Actor: Who Should Narrate Audiobooks?

Author or Actor: Who Should Narrate Audiobooks?

Maris Kreizman on the Importance of a Good Reader

By Maris Kreizman | July 23, 2026

How—and Why—to Cull Your Book Collection

How—and Why—to Cull Your Book Collection

Maris Kreizman on the Joy (and Pain) of Downsizing

By Maris Kreizman | July 9, 2026

40 Great New Books You May Have Missed

40 Great New Books You May Have Missed

Maris Kreizman Collects Worthy Alternatives to JD Vance’s Oxygen-Sucking Memoir

By Maris Kreizman | June 25, 2026

Maris Kreizman’s Best of Books of 2026 So Far

Maris Kreizman’s Best of Books of 2026 So Far

Essential Additions to Your Summer Reading

By Maris Kreizman | June 11, 2026

<em>Margo’s Got Money Troubles</em> is One of the Best Literary Adaptations in a Long While

Margo’s Got Money Troubles is One of the Best Literary Adaptations in a Long While

Maris Kreizman is Happy to Recommend the Screen Version of Rufi Thorpe’s Wonderful Novel

By Maris Kreizman | May 28, 2026

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Hollywood Needs to Stop Hot-Washing Literary Adaptations

By Maris Kreizman | May 14, 2026

“Bridget Jones meets Slavoj Žižek.” And Other Wild Book Pitches From My Inbox

By Maris Kreizman | April 30, 2026

It’s Getting Harder to Spot AI in Contemporary Publishing. And That’s Very, Very Bad.

By Maris Kreizman | April 16, 2026

Dear Harlequin: Nobody Asked For Your Weird, New AI Video “Microdramas”

Dear Harlequin: Nobody Asked For Your Weird, New AI Video “Microdramas”

Maris Kreizman Wonders What the Hell We’re Even Doing Here

By Maris Kreizman | April 2, 2026

Paperback vs. Hardcover: Which is Better For Readers (and For Writers)?

Paperback vs. Hardcover: Which is Better For Readers (and For Writers)?

Maris Kreizman Digs Into the Pros and Cons

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Why We Must Fight to Stop HR 7661 Before It Destroys the Lives of American Children

Why We Must Fight to Stop HR 7661 Before It Destroys the Lives of American Children

Maris Kreizman on a Proposed Bill That Could Outlaw Books By or About LGBTQ+ People

By Maris Kreizman | March 5, 2026

What Do You Do When the Biggest Platforms For Readers Are Kind of Evil?

What Do You Do When the Biggest Platforms For Readers Are Kind of Evil?

Maris Kreizman on the Ethical Pitfalls of the Digital World

By Maris Kreizman | February 19, 2026

Finding the Publishing World in the Epstein Files

Finding the Publishing World in the Epstein Files

Maris Kreizman on the Viler-Than-Fiction
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By Maris Kreizman | February 5, 2026

Get Ready For Publishing to Chase the <em>Heated Rivalry</em> Phenomenon

Get Ready For Publishing to Chase the Heated Rivalry Phenomenon

Maris Kreizman on the Lessons From This Year’s Breakout Success Story

By Maris Kreizman | January 22, 2026

Here Are Your Guides Through the Opaque World of Book Publishing

Here Are Your Guides Through the Opaque World of Book Publishing

Maris Kreizman Recommends New Books by Kate McKean and Alia Hannah Habib

By Maris Kreizman | January 8, 2026

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