Questions

The book is the argument: 25 chapters that teach one framework for the industry and apply it to the markets and the cases. The Research Companion is the evidence: industry studies, technical exhibits and a profile of every company with its strategic moves year by year, including the figures, sources and confidence notes the book leaves out. Read the book to learn the framework, and use the companion to test it.

A version of the book or companion rewritten to be read straight through, in long-form prose without tables. The research is the same. The audiobooks are narrated from the narrative editions. The narrative editions are included with the Book and Companion editions.

Books come as PDF (6 × 9 in for the book, letter size for the companion) and EPUB, which works with Apple Books, Kobo, Google Play Books and most e-readers. To read on a Kindle, use Send to Kindle with the EPUB. Audiobooks are chaptered M4B files. Every file is DRM-free.

They are long. A full industry, book plus companion, usually runs to well over 100 hours, split into a book volume and three companion volumes. Each book page lists the exact running time of every volume.

No. Every concept is explained before it is used. The books are written for operators, founders, investors, analysts, board members and students.

No. These are educational books. Nothing in them is investment, legal, tax, medical, engineering or accounting advice, or a recommendation to buy or sell any security.

Each volume covers its industry up to its research cut-off in 2026, given in the preface. Figures are dated, and claims taken from filings or the press are marked "reported".

Every Complete Edition published so far, for $499, plus each new volume released during 2027. A single industry's Complete Edition is $99.

Yes. Write to hello@equationseries.com with the number of readers and the volumes you need.