How do bloggers hear about books, curate lists, and choose what to review? Why does it feel like every list has the same books? Do physical arcs matter when it comes to getting reviews, and how does author platform intersect? This week we're joined by Daniel Roman, the Associate Editor at the thriving and enormous "Winter Is Coming" sff fansite, to talk about all those topics and more--including suggestions for how authors can conduct themselves online, the importance (or not) of individual platform, and the Bookends 24 Hour Rule that Sunyi lives her Twitter life by.

15 - Reviews, lists, & other media circuses, with Daniel Roman

<p>In 2022, two authors debuted in the same genre, with the same publisher, in the same year. Yet each of their books, and subsequently each of their careers, went in very different directions. That pattern repeats itself throughout the industry, over and over. Why does this happen, and what does it mean?</p><p>In this Hugo-nominated podcast, we aim to answer those questions and many more, using collated experiences from ourselves, friends, colleagues, and a slew of industry professionals in an attempt to deconstruct what makes or breaks a book, along with how to build–and maintain!–an author career.</p>

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In 2022, two authors debuted in the same genre, with the same publisher, in the same year. Yet each of their books, and subsequently each of their careers, went in very different directions. That pattern repeats itself throughout the industry, over and over. Why does this happen, and what does it mean? In this Hugo-nominated podcast, we aim to answer those questions and many more, using collated experiences from ourselves, friends, colleagues, and a slew of industry professionals in an attempt to deconstruct what makes or breaks a book, along with how to build–and maintain!–an author career.

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