Listen "Why does garbage get published?"
Episode Synopsis
Last episode, we looked at one how one of the Big Five publishers introduced in episode one took legal action against a group of literary archivists - and prevented one of its own smaller imprints from publishing DRM-free books. In episode three, we take a look at another legal case and ask our most controversial question yet: why another of the Big Five handed over more than a quarter of a million dollars to a 'writer' who didn't even write his own book, in a deal which resulted in enormous backlash, costing the publisher another author, and important review opportunities for their other writers. Want to know why garbage gets published? Follow the numbers.
Join author, linguist, and mathematician-in-the-making Sarah on an exploration of the world through the lens of letters and numbers!
Links from this episode:
Bad Feminist and Hunger by Roxanne Gay
Charles Dance reading on The Big Fat Quiz
Sarah's novel AutoCEO
Join author, linguist, and mathematician-in-the-making Sarah on an exploration of the world through the lens of letters and numbers!
Links from this episode:
Bad Feminist and Hunger by Roxanne Gay
Charles Dance reading on The Big Fat Quiz
Sarah's novel AutoCEO
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