Opinion: How a16z gamed the NYT Best Seller list
Entrepreneur and Andreessen Horowitz partner Chris Dixon recently released a Book espousing the benefits of the blockchain, NFTs, and web3, entitled Read Write Own — and it’s getting mixed reviews. From the highly critical Molly White complaining that “Dixon fails to identify a single blockchain project that has successfully provided a non-speculative service at any kind of scale,” to the more commendatory by David Z. Morris calling it “an optimistic read,” it’s safe to say Dixons literary efforts are dividing opinion. However, regardless of how you feel about a16z , Dixon, or the future of web3, what’s clear is that the Book did some serious numbers in its first week on Book shelves and via e Book sales. Indeed, the nonfiction title sold more copies this week than Britney Spears’ autobiography, The Woman in Me , and slightly fewer than bestselling author Donald L. Miller’s Masters of the Air , landing at number nine on the New York Ti...