#10 Alex & Books ft. Alex Wieckowski

<p><a href="https://twitter.com/AlexAndBooks_?s=20">Alex Wieckowski</a>, the face behind <a href="https://alexandbooks.com/">Alex &amp; Books</a>—a newsletter for book recommendations, summaries, and reading tips—is convinced that if you’re really lucky, books will occasionally call out to you. And when they do, you’ve <em>gotta </em>listen to the voice.</p> <p>Alex is a voracious reader, writer, podcaster, and book wizard! And if there’s one thing you take away from his story, I hope it’ll be the power of <strong>serendipity</strong> and trusting your<strong> intuition </strong>(that’s actually two things, but nvm).</p> <p>This is <strong>episode #10</strong> on The Newsletter Nerd Show.</p> <p>Hit that play button below to dig into the good stuff!</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Show Notes:</strong></p> <p>0.33 - Alex in the Hotseat</p> <p>2.20 - How a bike crash led to launching Alex &amp; Books</p> <p>3.22 - Identifying there's a need for book recommendations</p> <p>3.47 - A fun exercise involving a 2017 photograph</p> <p>4.45 - How life as a person &amp; creator has evolved since then</p> <p>5.18 - The 2 C's framework to choosing books</p> <p>6.11 - Why you should judge a book by its cover</p> <p>6.42 - When to quit reading a book</p> <p>7.57 - Why a newsletter?</p> <p>8.40 - The most and least favourite part of running a newsletter</p> <p>9.30 - Repurposing newsletter content</p> <p>10.19 - What to know before launching a newsletter</p> <p>11.17 - A newsletter sin</p> <p>12.00 - The Reading Room</p> <p>14.02 - Have You Ever?</p>