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I Gave Away 991 Books and Got One Review: What Free Kindle Promotions Actually Do in 2026

August 5, 2026 by Chet Day

I gave away 991 copies of my book in two days, made zero sales, and got exactly one review for my trouble. And it wasn’t from a stranger. That’s the headline. Everything below is me trying to figure out what it means, and I’ll warn you up front that the answer turned out to be … Read more

Why I Rewrote Moby-Dick as a Modern Thriller — and How an AI Helped Me Do It

May 20, 2026May 19, 2026 by Chet Day

TL;DR: The White Whale is a 105,000-word modern thriller adaptation of Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick, written by 78-year-old horror novelist Chet Day in transparent collaboration with Anthropic’s Claude AI. It preserves Melville’s characters, themes, and ambiguity while cutting the digressions that make the original the most frequently abandoned classic novel in English. Available now from CasaDay … Read more