[lapcat]

Is there a HN convention for links to books?

This book appears to be available only for preorder now, not yet published. Nobody here has read it, nobody here can read it, and even if they could, this submission will disappear off the front pages before commenters have a chance to order and read the book. Thus the comments section here is going to be useless (or at least more useless than usual).

[ManlyBread]

I don't know what happened to this website but stuff like this keeps hitting the front page more and more often despite having close to zero value. It feels like SEO spam to me.

[lapcat]

"Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, brigading, foreign agents, and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. If you're worried about abuse, email [e-mail] and we'll look at the data." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

The person who submitted the link already explained the submission: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46068363

[ManlyBread]

Except there's nothing to discuss because the book is not released. Is HN about "awareness" now? Why not come back in 2026 when the book is actually released and people can actually talk about the contents of the book?

[brazukadev]

This is not a Show HN, just a link. Users engage if they want, and a lot of them wanted.

[sillyfluke]

Yes, the bad link given here doesn't do the content justice, whatever your opinion would be. It would've been better to link to one of the author's articles on the Nerd Reich website (or something more substantive like his newsletter content). I'm assuming you're talking about the link itself as opposed to the content of the book or topic in general.

[brunohaid]

Very good question - posted it for awareness / sparking hopefully nuanced “are we the baddies here?” reflection in the community, and curious folks to preorder.

[adamors]

I wanted to disagree then checked the release date. It’s August of 2026. Really early to be discussing this.

[pcrh]

Perhaps a link to the author's website and podcast would be more appropriate?

https://www.thenerdreich.com/

[arthurofbabylon]

The comments section here is a phenomenal expository of biases, for the very reason you cite.