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Adventures in Publishing-land
by STET Podcasts
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 second Monday Brought to you by STET Podcasts - your one-stop shop for all your writing podcast needs! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Memoir Myths, Broken Publisher PR Promises and Ethics in Agency
Watch as a full video episode on YouTube On this episode of AIPL, there isn't even a mention of AI! Instead, we talk about how a recent change to Agent ethics guidelines in the US are questionable at best, discuss how publisher's PR promises are often empty (and whether anything could be done to...
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MrBeast’s Book Flop, Indie Publishing’s Latest Crisis, & How NOT to Hustle as an Author
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…
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Publishing's AI Panic: Cancelled Deals, AI Detectors (Plus a $44k Marketing Mistake)
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...
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Why Spotify's ElevenLabs Deal is Bad For Authors. Plus, Book Piracy, and Publishers Playing Fair?
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...
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Are Authors Losing? AI Audiobooks, Closed Movie Deals & Mass Licensing
Watch as a full video episode on YouTube On this week's episode, we ask if the publishing industry is "blowing the bloody doors off" author rights. From Michael Caine's voice getting cloned for an epic audiobook to Hachette and Studiocanal's book to film deal, plus 250 UK publishers signing a...
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Are Libraries Killing Incomes? (Plus: AI Hits a Wall & The Guardian’s Readers’ Top 100)
Watch as a full video episode on YouTube This week, we discuss why the publishing industry is pointing fingers at libraries for declining author incomes, but we wonder about the reasons they aren't talking about. Plus, have you heard of Elias Thorne? We talk about AI's repetition problem and why...
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Nobel AI Scandal, Silicon Serpents & The Children's Literacy Crisis
Watch as a full video episode on YouTube This week, we're expanding on our discussion from the last episode about the depressing HarperCollins report on children's reading habits. Author and teacher Cailean Steed joins us to break down the underlying data and explain exactly how hyper-fixating on...
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Literacy Lows, TikTok Highs, & the £100 Canceled Book
Watch as a full video episode on YouTube On today's episode of Adventures in Publishing-land, we congratulate Tariq on not one but two new Longlistings, and struggle to understand a story about new research that suggests a heavy focus on literacy skills in schools is actively undermining the...
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McFadden Unmasked, Fake Editor Scams & Are Editors "Reading" with AI?
Watch as a full video episode on YouTube This week, we’re diving into the unmasking of one of the world’s most successful authors. Freida McFadden, the bestselling author behind The Housemaid, has officially revealed her true identity as Dr. Sara Cohen. We wonder 'why now', talk about imposter...
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Did AI Kill This Book? Plus: UK Authors Win AI Battle & BookTok Charts Go Official
Watch as a full video episode on YouTube This week, we lead with the scandal that has the industry in a frenzy, with Hachette pulling the release of Mia Ballard’s horror novel Shy Girl after viral claims that the prose was generated by AI. We discuss the YouTube video with 1.2 million views that...
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The "Human Authored" Badge: Can a Logo Save Publishing? Plus - Grammarly Sued
Watch as a full video on YouTube This episode of Adventures in Publishing-land dives deep into the battle for the "human soul" of the industry, featuring a frontline interview on the newest weapons in the author’s arsenal. We sit down with Anna Ganley and Sam Blake from the Society of Authors to...
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Agents Rail Against AI, Influencer Imprints & Genre Snobbery
Watch as a full video on YouTube This week on Adventures in Publishing-land, we’re heading to San Francisco to look at Bindery Books. This startup is turning "bookfluencers" into acquiring editors, letting communities choose their own bestsellers. Is this the "Taylor’s Version" of publishing, or…
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How AI 'Wrote' 200 'Books' a Year and The Wuthering Heights Adaptation Debate
Watch as a full video on YouTube This week, we’re unpacking the controversy surrounding Emerald Fennell’s "Wuthering Heights" adaptation. From historically inaccurate corsets to Margot Robbie’s "raunchy" take on Cathy, we debate how far a retelling can stray before it loses the source material...
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Gen AI’s impact on creatives, Editing old books for modern readers, and Gen Z’s Literacy Crisis
Watch as a full video episode on YouTube In this week's episode of Adventures in Publishing-land, we dive into the heated debate surrounding Val McDermid and the use of sensitivity readers to revise backlist titles. Should books be treated as historical artifacts, or is updating them a necessary...
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Killer Publicity with The Traitors, Romantasy Takeovers, and Scam AI Marketing Emails
Watch as a full video on YouTube We're back! On this week's episode, we discuss the show everyone is talking about - The Traitors! With crime author Harriet Tyce's appearance, we chat about the impact it has had on her book sales, and also wonder which reality show we would choose to go on to…
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Ireland’s UBI Experiment, Garlic Mayo Marketing & Indie Press Panic
Watch as a full video on YouTube On this week's episode, we discuss Ireland's UBI experiment for artists and writers, and why we would love to see other countries follow suit (but aren't holding our breath). Plus, we look at why indie presses are pressing the panic button, and discuss the latest...
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Is Publishing Playing It Too Safe? The Booker, Fanfic & the Future of Fiction
Watch as a full video on YouTube On this week's episode, we are talking about a scarcity of books for the Booker Prize and wondering if that is due to poor books or too narrow a category for prizes. Plus, we join the Alchemised train and wonder if fanfic turned to publishing gold shows publishers...
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AI Settlement in Trouble, Cosy Crime Debate & Publishing Gimmicks
Watch as a full video on YouTube On this week's episode we share some exciting awards news involving Tariq and Marco (both winners at the recent Bloody Scotland Crime Writing Festival!), Nadine reveals a new cover (check her instagram to see it!), plus we discuss the latest in the Anthropic...
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AI Victory for Authors? Plus, US Import Chaos & James Patterson’s Giveaway for Authors
Watch as a full video episode In this episode of Adventures in Publishing-land, we dive into three big stories shaking up the book world: Anthropic’s historic AI settlement with authors; the new US import rules that could hurt UK publishers and authors; and James Patterson’s latest initiative to...
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Are fans too entitled when it comes to expectations on creators? Plus - is AI writing a real threat?
Watch as a full video episode On this episode, we discuss the George RR Martin Worldcon incident, and wonder if fans are growing too entitled when it comes to expectations from authors. Plus, we look at Mark Lawrence's AI vs human authors experiment and discuss the results and what it means for...
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AI Slop: Will it drown out real writers? Plus: are male novelists really being forced out of publishing?
Watch as a full video episode on YouTube Will AI slop writing flood the market and drown out real authors? It's a legitimate concern that we discuss on this week's show. Plus, we ask if book awards need celebrity judges, and take a look at a story that has raised its head once again: the death of...
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Fake Memoir? What's going on with The Salt Path? Plus: Author deals and AI comes for translators
Watch as a full video episode on YouTube We discuss the scandal surrounding The Salt Path, the bestselling book that was turned into a movie - but was it all too good to be true? Plus, as Sarah J. Maas pens a huge rights deal, we ask whether normal authors can ever dream of things like that, and…
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The Unbound Saga; Authors and Social Media; Literary Estates & Copyright - and Superman
Watch as a full video episode on YouTube! Welcome to the very first episode of Adventures in Publishing-land! Join us as we discuss some of the biggest (and strangest) stories in publishing over the past few weeks. This week: 00:17 Intro 01:32 The Unbound Saga continues 15:19 Authors hounded off...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
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 second Monday
Brought to you by STET Podcasts - your one-stop shop for all your writing podcast needs!
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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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 second Monday Brought...
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