alt Hacker NewsAsimov has supported us for the last two years, and we’ve received generous grants from Astera Institute and Stripe
It’s not a business capable of operating without grants or support from its tech parent.
With eight people on the masthead, the outlays are significant for a publishing venture.
I read many history books that are funded by grants and governments.
There will never be a world in which someone can sell enough books to fund 5 years of research on 1950s US-China diplomatic relations.