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phil
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Welcome @tamarawinter! Tamara is the Commissioning Editor for Stripe Press. I like to think of Stripe Press as a distribution channel for the most interesting ideas in the world. She has kindly agreed to do an AMA. Reply with your questions :)
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phil
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How much of your job is finding “underrated” ideas and giving them the proper attention? Related: what are the best places / methods for finding underrated books / ideas?
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Tamara Winter
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I’d say a huge chunk of my work is doing exactly this: surfacing (or resurfacing) underrated ideas. On the second question: I love going through archives. I’ll spend an entire day at the Strand or the Argosy just going book by book. I’ve found several reprint candidates this way. 2) I don’t really listen podcasts, but I like to read transcripts + the accompanying bibliographies for interesting books to check out. But I’m also quite fortunate to have a brain trust whose judgment I really trust and rely on, and we’re constantly talking about books. Some of these people are mutual friends of ours I suspect…
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