Our new book, getting realer.

We need a tl;dr here, because I’ve got three or four different versions of this post on my hard drive half written, or in my head, half written.

Actual publication as a physical object you can hold in your hands is still five-plus months away, but our new book is now available for pre-order (click the “forthcoming” link here).

Here’s the racket: pre-orders help convince the algorithms of the book’s worth. Which helps the book reach the widest possible audience. Bob and I are confident of the book’s worth. I also recognize, as Roland Barthes might have argued, that it doesn’t matter what we intended, or what we think about the results. It’s in your hands now.

But the algorithms!