Adventures in Publishing-Land: Is Publishing Playing It Too Safe? The Booker, Fanfic & the Future of Fiction

Watch as a full video on YouTube 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 Adventures in Publishing-land is brought to you by STET Podcasts - the one stop shop for all your writing podcast needs, featuring Page One - The Writer's Podcast, The Conversation with Nadine Matheson and more! Follow us on Bluesky Follow us on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.