The reading room

Less folklore.
More useful next steps.

Eight field guides for the questions that a single number cannot answer. Written for the work, not for the word count.

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Design / Field notes

Image & video sizes, 2026

A practical reference for aspect ratios, cropping, safe areas, and export settings, with official limits flagged for verification.

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Account help / Field notes

Find the right recovery path

Organize account evidence, distinguish access problems, and prepare a recovery request without sharing passwords or codes.

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Analytics / Field notes

Diagnose a drop in reach

Compare like-for-like posts and investigate distribution changes without fake account scans or unsupported shadowban claims.

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Business / Field notes

Price the work. Then the rights.

Build a brand-deal quote from production, distribution, licensing, and exclusivity using transparent worked examples.

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Rights & safety / Field notes

Make the commercial relationship clear

Draft clear sponsorship disclosures and learn which US, UK, Australian, and EU regulatory details need checking.

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A track is not a permission slip

Separate composition, recording, platform use, and brand permissions before adding music to a commercial video.

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Analytics / Field notes

Make sense of your account export

Read a downloaded account archive carefully, protect private records, and avoid unsupported conclusions about profile viewers.

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Rights & safety / Field notes

Respond to a takedown carefully

Understand the questions to ask after a removal notice and prepare evidence without rushing into a legal declaration.

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