The dispatch · Weekly
One mystery listing, taken apart every week
Each issue picks one real mystery, thriller or crime listing and dissects it: the blurb, the subtitle, the shelves. You get what's working, what isn't, and the exact rewrite. Plus category changes worth knowing and the case-study log.
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The teardown
One listing, annotated line by line, with a before/after rewrite.
Shelf watch
New or renamed Kindle mystery categories, spotted on Amazon's charts.
The case log
Updates from our open case study, wins and duds alike.