Episode 20 - Publishing in 2023 with Anne Perry

[Dan Jones]

@The Big Peat and I continue to be joined by publishing director Anne Perry. This time around Anne talks to us about the state of the publishing market in 2023, and what authors ought to consider when positioning their book in the market.

We talk about the rising prices of books, the price differential between different regions, subscription-based business models, printing-on-demand, and how the high street retail mode, has changed in the face of internet growth.

Elsewhere, Lieutenant Bungalow returns from the Corridors of Time (time, time, time etc) and brings back disturbing news about the future of humanity, courtesy of @AnRoinnUltra.

Join us next month when we'll be joined by one of the modern masters of horror, John Langan, ahead of the long-awaited October UK release of his masterpiece, The Fisherman.

 

[HareBrain]

Evidence that splitting the episodes works: I jumped straight on this because I knew it was under an hour long (and nothing to do with being mentioned!) whereas otherwise I would have left it for a bit.

Anyway, it was a good discussion.

 

[Phyrebrat]

Anyway, it was a good discussion.

Lower your expectations for my input on next episode

 

[HareBrain]

Lower your expectations for my input on next episode

I guess if you're talking about The Fisherman with its author, you're either going to be on fire or tongue-tied to oblivion.

 

[Berlyn]

Given I am relatively new to the forum, I only just discovered that you guys have a podcast. I'll check this episode out today!

 

[Dan Jones]

I guess if you're talking about The Fisherman with its author, you're either going to be on fire or tongue-tied to oblivion.

Sometimes he's both at the same time. It's quite the thing to see.

 

[Phyrebrat]

Sometimes he's both at the same time. It's quite the thing to see.

It’s a gift…

 

[cyprus7]

Great show! Anne's non-fiction pick at the end of the show reminded me of that Siberian mystery. There are indeed many theories on what happened. A Japanese TV documentary explored some of them a few years ago. (I haven't read Anne's pick yet.)

 

[Juliana]

Great two-parter and I liked the split format.

I jumped straight on this because I knew it was under an hour long (and nothing to do with being mentioned!) whereas otherwise I would have left it for a bit.

Agreed!