Adventures in Publishing-land: Memoir Myths, Broken Publisher PR Promises and Ethics in Agency - The Conversation with Nadine Matheson | Lyssna här

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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

01:06 From the Slush Pile - Listener Comments

11:03 Pay to Play? US Agents Ethics Row

18:35 Marketing Myths - Publishing's Empty Promises

27:33 Memoir or Myth - Does Truth Matter?

43:32 Stranger Than Fiction - Nadine's Idea Factory

50:20 The Final Chapter - Entertainment Catch-up

Links:

DGB resign from the Association of American Literary Agents

Who holds publishers to their promises?

Earl Spencer apologises to Piers Morgan for error in memoir

Fact checking doesn't apply to memoirs, says ex-Bloomsbury boss

What happened in the failed execution of Christa Pike?

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