Cory Doctorow on Nostr: I published my first story in 1988, when I was 17 years old. Today, at 55, I've ...

I published my first story in 1988, when I was 17 years old. Today, at 55, I've published more than 30 books, with three more coming in the next year or so. In the intervening years, I've spent a lot of time thinking and talking about publishing.

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