https://selfpubli.sh/examples/the-margin/ Essays about reading, and about the things that get in the way of it. en Mon, 21 Sep 2026 22:01:49 +0100 https://selfpubli.sh/examples/the-margin/posts/finishing-is-not-the-point.html There is a particular guilt attached to the unfinished book, and I have decided it is misplaced. Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0100 https://selfpubli.sh/examples/the-margin/posts/finishing-is-not-the-point.html https://selfpubli.sh/examples/the-margin/posts/the-library-is-the-last-building-with-no-agenda.html Make a list of the indoor public places you can spend three hours without buying anything. It is a short list, and it is getting shorter. Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0100 https://selfpubli.sh/examples/the-margin/posts/the-library-is-the-last-building-with-no-agenda.html https://selfpubli.sh/examples/the-margin/posts/i-read-better-on-paper-and-i-know-why.html The nostalgic version of this argument is about the smell of books and I want no part of it. Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0100 https://selfpubli.sh/examples/the-margin/posts/i-read-better-on-paper-and-i-know-why.html https://selfpubli.sh/examples/the-margin/posts/notes-in-the-margin-are-a-conversation.html People flinch at this. Writing in a book feels like damage, and for a rare or borrowed one it is. For an ordinary paperback that you own, it is the difference between reading and thinking. Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0100 https://selfpubli.sh/examples/the-margin/posts/notes-in-the-margin-are-a-conversation.html https://selfpubli.sh/examples/the-margin/posts/why-this-is-a-website-and-not-a-newsletter.html Everyone said newsletter. The advice is not wrong — email reaches people, lands in a place they check, and does not depend on an algorithm's opinion of you. Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0100 https://selfpubli.sh/examples/the-margin/posts/why-this-is-a-website-and-not-a-newsletter.html