For Book Sake

Heather and Veronica discuss the latest booktok scandal of JD Barker and his mis-use of his own newsletter list to solicit inappropriate booktok promotional videos. A breakdown of the issues surrounding the controversy and facts are presented. As well as what you as an author can learn from his mistakes and best practices for working with influencers.

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Heather and Veronica use their legal brains and discuss the prominent New York Times AI Lawsuit as well as others. They go into their commentary and thoughts on what is legal, ethical and both for different AI capabilities. Stay updated (and entertained!) with their witty banter and thoughts on this new landscape.

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Heather and Veronica discuss the top controversies from 2023 and discuss their thoughts on 2024 - mixed in with their commentary is advice on what you should and should not do in the publishing industry.

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Veronica and Heather discuss what you should be doing at the end of the year to evaluate what works and what doesn't for your author brand. Get a realistic look at what you should be evaluating! 

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Heather and Veronica discuss the recent argument put forth that booktok is causing publishers to succumb to their desires and release inferior products. They discuss whether books can be good if they're published "quickly" and what this discussion means for the industry as a whole. 

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Heather and Veronica discuss the metrics of success for authors. What does it mean? What will make your book a success? What should you be hoping for? 

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Heather and Veronica discuss the 2023 Goodreads Choice Awards and the lack of diversity within the options as well as providing some amazing diverse author recommendations that you should be reading!

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Heather and Veronica get necessarily uncomfortable and dive into a conversation about racism and censorship in romance publishing focused around the recent controversy with Tillie Cole's Hades Hangmen series. This episode is meant to speak to other white women who believe that the series was wrongly taken down or that fiction has no rules. Let's pull up a chair and talk. 

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Heather and Veronica discuss the theory that debut author Elly Conway is Taylor Swift - they take this from a publishing perspective and give the facts and their opinion on whether this fiction thriller author is really the pop singer or not.

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Heather and Veronica discuss the current Author bad takes from the week including Jodi Picoult's tiktok videos and Trillini Pucci's claims regarding the Tangled in Tinsel drama. They discuss what other authors can learn from these moments and how to avoid making these misteps.

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