The Book People
Is marketing essential to the success of a book? How much money do authors actually make? Is audio the next big opportunity for writers? How are Book NFTs and Writing AI changing the world?Bound presents ‘The Book People’, a pathbreaking podcast and video series that demystifies the Indian publishing industry. Writer and editor Aishwarya Javalgekar chats with content professionals, industry insiders and disruptors to bust myths and uncover the biggest opportunities and challenges for writers in India today. Write to us at aishwarya@boundindia.com.
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33. Why A New Literary Agency Is Representing Only Queer Authors In The UK, with Andrew James
Aishwarya speaks with Andrew James, founder of UK-based Frog Literary Agency, about the need to focus on representing authors from the LGBTQIA+ community. How does James choose who to represent? Can literary agencies boost access to the publishing world? What kind of queer books are we seeing in the UK vs India? How c
Aishwarya speaks with Ajay Jain, founder of Kunzum, about the importance of collaboration in the publishing world, and the necessity for the Kunzum Bookselling Reimagined Conference. Why is a community and collaboration important to bookstores? How did the Kunzum cafe begin? Why does Ajay think Amazon is a toxic force
The rise in the number of people looking to publish their work has led to a rise in the number of publishing scams. What are these scams, and how do authors fall for these scams? What is vanity publishing? How do fake literary agents scam authors? Aishwarya has all you need to know to not fall into the trap of a fake a
Aishwarya speaks with Arcopol Chaudhuri, Executive Editor - Rights & New Media at HarperCollins India about the process of adapting books into audiobooks and why publishers want to retain audio rights. How much does HarperCollins earn from audiobooks? How does the author benefit if they retain audio rights, according t
29. Why HarperCollins Is Investing In Audio And Screen Adaptations, With Arcopol Chaudhuri
Aishwarya speaks with Arcopol Chaudhuri, Executive Editor - Rights & New Media at HarperCollins India about the exponential growth of the audiobook market in the last 5 years, and other exciting developments in adaptation. How do rights and new media intersect? Why is HarperCollins investing in new media? How do publis
Tiktok’s parent company, ByteDance, is launching a new publishing arm called 8th Note Press. What does this mean for people who were using TikTok to market their books? Is the new publishing arm going to focus on specific genres? And does this impact Indian authors and publishers in any way? Especially since Tiktok is