Falatko's "Wayback Machine" Can Turn a Page in Self Publishing

A review of Daniel Falatko's 2025 novel, and some notes on Substack's self-published author scene.

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Daniel Falatko published his new novel wayback machine on Amazon earlier this year after his agent said no thanks and the book has made a surprising splash on Substack. It got a rave in The Metropolitan Review. There’s word-of-mouth fr…