Aviary, a new bar, formerly known as Boom

[AaronS]

did you post about schwa?

[Adrian]

did you post about schwa?

Coming. But I thought it was pretty spectacular.

[Evelyn]

Kickstarter to publish their recipe book. Positively brilliant. They cut out the publishing houses. Already doubled the amount they were seeking thanks to their acolytes.

[Sneakeater]

Their forthcoming New York location is in prime douche territory. I was surprised -- but maybe I shouldn't have been.

[Suzanne F]

Kickstarter to publish their recipe book. Positively brilliant. They cut out the publishing houses. Already doubled the amount they were seeking thanks to their acolytes.

I hope they don't stint on finding the best production team. They've got the $$$ for it now. It would be shame if there were errors in it.

 

Unlike a self-publishing acquaintance of mine who funds every book herself each time, they pretty much will be making a profit on each sale. (She willfully ignores all her production and distribution costs, as well as the cost of her time.)

[taion]

Kokonas on why they're self-publishing the Aviary book: https://medium.com/@nickkokonas/why-we-are-self-publishing-the-aviary-cookbook-lessons-from-the-alinea-book-e89236ab6ca1

[taion]

While Kokonas's penchant for transparency is laudable, I don't think he's accounting for how making everything transparent just unleashes the demon of Goodhart's Law, and can end up leaving everyone worse off.