A successful self-publisher must fill three roles: Author, Publisher, and Entrepreneur—or APE.

Most venture capitalists won't read a business plan unless the entrepreneur is introduced to them by a contact.

Steve [Jobs] proves that it's OK to be an asshole... He just has a different OS.

Writing is the starting point from which all goodness (and crappiness) flows.

Social media puts reciprocity on steroids because now you can reach more people in more ways to do more things for them faster and at lower expense. Positive word about your reciprocity can spread faster than ever.

Writing a book is as different from digital curation as night and day. Digital curation is a series of split-second decisions: good/no good. It can even be done algorithmically. Writing is process-intensive activity.

Just do what's right for the customer, and you'll be okay.