Per @AlexOsterwalder At a startup, there is no good idea: There are only testable ideas. Always be cautious and rely on data. The hardest skill for entrepreneurs is throwing away ideas. Your business model is just as important as your product.

A game player is a “publishing platform” – watch this space! The Nintendo Switch is going to be able to read an unlimited number of digital comics and manga with a new app called InkyPen, which will launch in November.

Via @publisherswkly‬ ICYMI This is from my company, Penguin Random House China – seems very cool! A book about climate change where the text and pictures fades as it warms.

Interesting analysis from @BenedictEvans Tesla, software and disruption: When Nokia people looked at the first iPhone, they saw a not-great phone with some cool features that they were going to build too, being produced at a small fraction of the volumes they were selling. They shrugged. “No 3G, and just look at the camera!” When many car company people look at a Tesla, they see a not-great car with some cool features that they’re going to build too, being produced at a small fraction of the volumes they’re selling. “Look at the fit and finish, and the panel gaps, and the tent!” The Nokia people were terribly, terribly wrong. Are the car people wrong?

Facebook is developing its own speech recognition feature under the name Aloha for both the Facebook and Messenger apps, as well as external hardware — likely the video chat smart speaker it’s developing.

RT @MosaicLiterary One Book One Bronx is building a directory of teaching artists who can facilitate book clubs in the Bronx and throughout NYC. If you’re interested feel free to register. Paid positions.