Page One - The Writer's Podcast Adventures in Publishing-land: Killer Publicity with The Traitors, Romantasy Takeovers, and Scam AI Marketing Emails
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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 boost our publicity (there is also some spoiler discussion about this season of the UK Traitors, so be careful if you are not up-to-date!)
Plus, we talk about big money's interest in Romantasy, and whether that will crowd out the market for other genres, and also discuss the rapid rise of scam marketing emails that are being sent to authors thanks to AI...
00:00 Intro
01:34 Dollars & Dragons - Is Big Money Skewing Fiction?
16:52 The Flattery Trap - Predatory Promo Offers
27:30 Killer Marketing? - The Traitors Effect
44:14 Off Script - Nadine finds another stranger than fiction story for inspiration
49:33 Off Script - Final Chapter: What we've been watching and reading
Links:
Chernin Group invests in Romantasy publisher Entangled
Authors hit with deluge of scam emails from fake marketers
Why crime writers make good Traitors contestants
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