Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, Jena Brown, and Kevin Tumlinson as they discuss the week’s entertainment news, including stories about Bloomsbury, Minotaur, and subscription addiction. Then, stick around for a chat with Lori Foster!
Lori Foster is a New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestselling author of more than 100 titles. She’s known for her fun, very sexy contemporary romance novels revolving around alpha males who meet (and fall in love with) strong, independent women. Lori’s been a recipient of the prestigious RT Book Reviews Career Achievement Award for Series Romantic Fantasy, and for Contemporary Romance. Even more fun, Lori’s been a clue in the New York Times crossword puzzle, a clue in the USA Today Quick-cross puzzle, and the sensual and sexy Too Much Temptation was Amazon’s 2002 top-selling title in Romance.
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Lori Foster: https://lorifoster.com/
Love Comes in Small Packages: https://lorifoster.com/books/love-comes-in-small-packages-2026-trade/
Bloomsbury AI agreement – https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/connect/contact-us/ai-policy-for-authors-and-illustrators/
Minotaur Responds to ‘The Last Mandarin’ Printing Snafu – https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bookselling/article/100431-minotaur-responds-to-the-last-mandarin-printing-snafu.html
Subscription Addiction – https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/100363-subscription-addiction.html
James Patterson Pledges $10 Million to Launch Literacy Institute
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J.D. Barker – https://jdbarker.com/
Christine Daigle – https://www.christinedaiglebooks.com/
Jena Brown – https://www.jenabrownwrites.com
Kevin Tumlinson – https://www.kevintumlinson.com/
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Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, Jena Brown, and Kevin Tumlinson as they discuss the week’s entertainment news, including stories about Bookshop, Amazon and Bloomsbury, Dan Brown’s next Robert Langdon novel, and Simon & Schuster. Then, stick around for a chat with Lucy Rose!
Lucy Rose – Cumbrian dwelling in the North East. Writer of folktales and fables.
Lucy Rose is an author and award-winning filmmaker with an interest in gothic, girlhood, horror, and literary fiction. Her short fiction and nonfiction have been published in Dread Central, Mslexia, The Observer, The Nerd Daily and more. Lucy’s forthcoming debut novel, THE LAMB is forthcoming from W&N Books (UK) and Harper (US).
Her award-winning short film, SHE LIVES ALONE, attended BAFTA and Oscar-qualifying festivals before being acquired by WatchALTER. Lucy’s latest short film, TASTE, is visiting festivals over 2023/24 and has attended BAFTA and BIFA-qualifying film festivals.
Lucy lives on the North East coast with her beautiful black cat, Figgy.
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Lucy Rose – https://lucyrosecreative.co.uk/
The Lamb – https://lucyrosecreative.co.uk/the-lamb/
Bookshop Launches Ebook Platform – https://www.npr.org/2025/01/28/nx-s1-5260929/e-books-independent-bookstores-bookshop-org#:~:text=Bookshop.org’s%20new%20platform%20%E2%80%93%20available,app%20or%20from%20the%20browser.
Amazon and Bloomsbury Reach an Agreement After Brief Standoff – https://lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2025/01/amazon-will-no-longer-sell-bloomsbury-print-books-in-the-uk-europe-and-australia-or-bloomsbury-kindle-books-worldwide/
Doubleday Picks Up Dan Brown’s Next Robert Langdon Novel – https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=5175&oly_enc_id=5567B4071634C0Y
Why Simon & Schuster’s Flagship Imprint Won’t Require Blurbs Anymore – https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/96957-why-simon-schuster-s-flagship-imprint-won-t-require-blurbs-anymore.html?oly_enc_id=5567B4071634C0Y
Show Links:
Writers, Ink on YouTube! – https://www.youtube.com/@jdbarker_author/podcasts
J.D. Barker – https://jdbarker.com/
Christine Daigle – https://www.christinedaiglebooks.com/
Jena Brown – https://www.jenabrownwrites.com
James Blatch – https://www.jamesblatch.com/
Kevin Tumlinson – https://www.kevintumlinson.com/
Dick Wybrow – https://www.dickwybrow.com/
Jakob Kerr – https://www.jakobkerr.com/
TODAY’S SPONSOR:
AutoCrit – https://www.autocrit.com/jd (click this link to take advantage of our Writers, Ink special offer!!!)
Other Links
Best of BookTok – https://bestofbooktok.com/
Booktrib – https://booktrib.com/author/writers-ink/
Music by Nicorus – https://cctrax.com/nicorus/dust-to-dust-ep
Voice Over by Rick Ganley and recorded at Mill Pond Studio
Website Design by Word & Pixel – http://wordandpixel.com/
Contact – https://writersinkpodcast.com/contact/
*NOTE: Some of the links are affiliate links.