Anne Bogel

It just makes me sad.

But-

But we do work hard to create good stuff that you enjoy reading or listening to.

Like we take our reading lives and your reading lives.

I hope at the same time, both like we don't take ourselves seriously, but we take this stuff really seriously.

Like life is hard and good books can be such a source of joy and connection and respite.

that really energetic peace and like rejuvenating calm.

And we want that for you and think you deserve our best effort.

And now I'm just going, I repeat myself for emphasis.

I just, I really mean it.

You can tell because I keep saying it.

Which was so funny and also so sad at the same time.

And that reminds me, just thinking about the generative AI, we do work really hard.

It's expensive and costly in many ways, both like financially and time and energy and labor to create good stuff for you.

And we really ask that you respect the work that went into it.

There's a page in the guide that shows all the covers, like all the little thumbnail images.

It's so pretty.

Please don't put that on your Instagram.

We would really like to keep that for the people who've gotten the guide.

And we hope you can understand that it hurts when our work is copied or misused, whether that's by the obvious plagiarism that has become more and more of an issue over the years, but also by like feeding it for free to those large audiences.