Adventures in Publishing-land
Podcasts unite as Marco Rinaldi and Tariq Ashkanani from Page One - The Writer's Podcast and Nadine Matheson from The Conversation get together to chat about the latest news from the publishing world and give their honest and irreverent takes on the stories!New episodes every…
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MrBeast’s Book Flop, Indie Publishing’s Latest Crisis, & How NOT to Hustle as an Author (opens the original)
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Watch as a full video episode on YouTube On this week’s episode, we are talking about MrBeast & James Patterson’s apparent book flop, and wondering if publishers will learn that social media following doesn’t translate into book sales. Plus, we talk about the Self-Publishing Partnership’s collapse, and discuss how NOT to behave at conventions after stories of a very pushy author came out of WorldCon. 00:00 Intro 01:02 From the Slush Pile - Listener Comments 17:43 Self-Publishing Panic - Another
Publishing's AI Panic: Cancelled Deals, AI Detectors (Plus a $44k Marketing Mistake) (opens the original)
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Watch as a full video episode on YouTube We're back after a short break, but it appears nothing has changed in publishing as we are still talking about our (least) favourite subject: AI! We go through some listener mail and comments on the subject before diving into Jerry Falade's collapsed $2.4m book deal, wonder if AI detectors are reliable, and have a talk about different methods of book marketing, wondering what works and what doesn't. 00:00 Intro 02:11 From the Slush Pile - Listener Comment
Why Spotify's ElevenLabs Deal is Bad For Authors. Plus, Book Piracy, and Publishers Playing Fair? (opens the original)
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Watch as a full video episode on YouTube Marco is in a bad mood this week, and doesn’t hold back when discussing the march of AI into audiobooks…! Plus, we chat about the depressing reaction to a book piracy site being taken down, and wonder if Canongate’s new approach to paying authors more regularly will catch on (we aren’t optimistic…) 00:00 Intro 00:54 Here Come The Robots - AI voices taking over? 20:21 A Pirate’s Life For You? How Piracy Hurts Authors 29:38 Opening the (Canon)Gates - Will T
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