Good morning. Tech Editor Alexei Oreskovic here today, stepping in for Andrew.
We may be entering a post-literate society, but lots of techies are still writing books. Among the latest authors flogging books are Zynga founder and entrepreneur Mark Pincus (“Life at the Speed of Play”) and LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky (“Open to Work: How to Get Ahead in the Age of AI”).
But the book that got the most buzz this weekend is the forthcoming novel from MacKenzie Scott, the billionaire philanthropist who was formerly married to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Scott, who studied under novelist Toni Morrison at Princeton University and who has previously written two novels, teased her latest work on her personal substack on Saturday, the New York Times reported. Scott didn’t share much, but revealed that the book is 317 pages (not including the epilogue) and is titled “Last Days in Two Nations (A History in Eighteen Minds).”
Apparently Scott plans to publish the book serially—which means she may not have to sell it on Amazon!
Today’s news below.
