Facts, Even False Ones, Cannot Be Copyrighted.

You Cannot Invent An Algorithm That Is As Good At Recommending Books As A Good Bookseller, And That's The Secret Weapon Of The Bookstore - Is That No Algorithm Will Ever Understand Readers The Way That Other Readers Can Understand Readers.

Different Authors Write Different Ways, Have Different Relationships With Their Audiences, And Those Are All Legitimate.

I Liked Augustus Waters. I Really, Really Really Liked Him. I Liked The Way His Story Ended With Someone Else. I Liked His Voice. I Liked That He Took Existentially-fraught Free Throws.

Getting You A Date To Prom Is So Hard That The Hypothetical Idea Itself Is Used To Cut Diamonds.

Dad Had A Sign Of His Own. My Beautiful Family, It Read, And Then Underneath That (and Gus).