Page One - The Writer's Podcast Adventures in Publishing-Land: Is Publishing Playing It Too Safe? The Booker, Fanfic & the Future of Fiction
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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 are unwilling to gamble on new stories, and more generally discuss how risk-averse the industry can be and why that narrows the chances for new authors.
00:00 Intro
01:04 Anthropic Settlement Update
03:22 Booker Prize in crisis?
17:46 Alchemised success - Turning FanFic into Gold
24.20 Betting on Bestsellers - Do Publishers Play the Odds?
36:56 Off Script - Nadine finds another stranger than fiction story for inspiration
43:14 Off Script - Our Favourite Horror Movies
Links:
Sign up for Anthropic settlement
Doyle says Booker Prize struggled to find good novels
Alchemised - Fan fiction turned into a bestseller
Why Romance Readers can't quit Dramione
The Publishing Industry has a Gambling Problem
Nadine's Stranger than Fiction story
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