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24 alternatives to Textual Poachers

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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Textual Poachers launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Understanding Media▲70

   The Extensions of Man

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   The Dark Net▲62

   A revelatory examination of the internet

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Sapiens▲185

   A brief history of humankind

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Public Parts▲83

   How sharing in the digital age improves the way we work

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Black Swan▲80

   The impact of the highly improbable

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Lawyers, Liars, and the Art of Storytelling▲68

   Using stories to advocate, influence, and persuade

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Meaningful▲69

   The story of ideas that fly

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Tubes▲54

   A Journey to the Center of the Internet

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   The Sovereign Individual▲77

   Mastering the Transition to the Information Age

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Envisioning Information▲87

    A remarkable range of examples of visual thinkinking

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Addr▲98

    A collective and annotation-focus ePub reader

    2014 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Understanding Comics▲79

    The invisible art of comic books

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    We Need Diverse Books▲87

    Advocating and supporting non-majority narratives

    2014 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human▲63

    A unified theory about why storytelling evolved

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Invisible Influence▲66

    The Hidden Forces that Shape Behavior

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Man V. Nature▲148

    Stories that illuminate the complexity of human behavior

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Streaming, Sharing, Stealing▲55

    Big Data and the Future of Entertainment

    2017 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Crucial Conversations▲69

    Tools for Talking When The Stakes Are High

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Invisible Influence▲69

    The hidden forces that shape behavior

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    The Content Trap▲8

    A strategist's guide to digital change

    2016 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    The Age Of Context▲57

    The increasing importance of context in tech and our lives

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    for / with / in▲54

    Experiments and conversations about design in the browser

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    The Glamour of Grammar▲67

    A Guide to the Magic and Mystery of Practical English

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Gather The People▲61

    A human-centered approach to making and marketing

    2016 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →