Q&A: New Books
New Books
Question
Hello Rabbi,
As an avid reader of your books, I wanted to ask: are there plans to publish new books? Roughly what topics are you thinking of publishing on, and would that be in the next year or two?
Answer
I don’t have any plan at the moment. The whole matter of books has somewhat lost its significance in this era, and I’m debating whether to continue in that genre at all or move entirely to the web. For now I mainly write here.
Discussion on Answer
Why has it lost significance?! My friends and I owe our very souls to the Rabbi’s books! Really! They get passed around (prohibitedly) in the yeshiva, and literally save dozens of guys!
What A said is the answer to Yishai. 🙂
First, it’s easier to read online and with fewer expenses. Second, if people read and don’t buy, as is customary in places where such things are prohibited, I can’t publish the books at my own expense.
Don’t you think books give you the ability to cover a subject in an organized way?