DispatchApr 10, 2026
This week in Tintaxis
Refined writer and reader tools, ArtPathways for global artist opportunities, Stripe-secured payouts, and a public changelog — all in one dispatch.
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BEHIND THE INK
Essays on the future of digital publishing, interactive storytelling, the 85% writer economy, and the craft of living books.
UPCOMING ESSAYS
Why static PDFs and reflowable EPUBs are the end of a road, not the beginning. Where the next chapter of reading actually lives.
On the difference between a choose-your-own-adventure toy and a book that quietly remembers you between sessions.
A plain-language breakdown of how most publishing splits work today — and why tilting the split toward writers changes what gets written.
A working definition: text that breathes, margins that accumulate, narration that belongs to the author, and editions that update in place.
How annotations shifted from a private habit to a shared layer — and what it means when strangers leave ink in your favorite book.
The spreadsheet version of the manifesto. What the platform keeps, what the writer takes home, and why it has to be this number.
SD cards, laser-etched barcode bookmarks, and the case for putting something tangible in the reader's hand without going backward.
When you want the writer's voice, and when you don't. A field guide to layering human and synthetic narration inside the same book.