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• Forge 27 August 2026

  How to actually stick to working out

  Plans don’t fail because the programme is wrong. They fail in week three, when going stops being automatic. Five rules that hold a workout habit together.

• Aloud 27 August 2026

  How to turn an EPUB into an audiobook on your iPhone

  Apple Books Read Aloud, Speak Screen, desktop conversion, or narration generated on the phone — what each one is actually good for.

• OnRecord 27 August 2026

  Why showroom notes never reach the CRM

  The follow-up gap in car sales isn’t a discipline problem. The cost of writing notes is immediate and personal; the benefit is delayed and shared.

• Aloud 27 August 2026

  Where 125,000 free audiobooks actually come from

  Project Gutenberg, LibriVox and Open Library — what each one is, why the books are legal to listen to for free, and how Aloud puts them in one place.

• Studio 27 August 2026

  Why you can buy Aloud outright

  There is a subscription, and there is also a door out of it. On-device narration is the reason the second option can exist at all.

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