Join hosts Christine Daigle and Kevin Tumlinson as they discuss the week’s entertainment news, including stories about celebrity novels, Netflix, Kindle Colorsoft, and an AI-invented Halloween parade. Then, stick around for a chat with Leah Paulos!
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Leah Paulos – https://www.bookpublicityschool.com/
Who’s Really Writing Celebrity Novels? – https://www.vulture.com/article/celebrity-novels-ghostwriting.html
Netflix is removing nearly all of its interactive titles – https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/4/24287857/netflix-removing-interactive-titles-games
Kindle Colorsoft owners complain of a yellow bar on the e-reader’s screen – https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/2/24286289/kindle-colorsoft-yellow-bar-display-e-reader
Thousands go to fake AI-invented Dublin Halloween parade – https://www.euronews.com/culture/2024/11/01/thousands-go-to-fake-ai-invented-dublin-halloween-parade
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/
Leah Paulos – https://www.bookpublicityschool.com/
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Booktrib – https://booktrib.com/author/writers-ink/
Music by Nicorus – https://cctrax.com/nicorus/dust-to-dust-ep
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Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, Kevin Tumlinson, and Jena Brown as they discuss the week’s entertainment news, including stories about Kindle Vella, Penguin Random House, and midnight release parties. Then, stick around for a chat with J.T. Ellison!
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J.T. Ellison: https://www.jtellison.com/
A Very Bad Thing: https://a.co/d/a5w8ldv
Kindle Vella Closure Announcement – https://medium.com/staring-at-a-blank-page/kindle-vella-announces-its-closure-f73517448a9f
Penguin Random House books now explicitly say ‘no’ to AI training – https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/18/24273895/penguin-random-house-books-copyright-ai
Solid Support for Giant Reports – https://www.getbookreport.com/blog/solid-support-for-giant-reports
Literary Publishers Embrace the Midnight Release Party – https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/96312-literary-publishers-embrace-the-midnight-release-party.html
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/
J.T. Ellison: https://www.jtellison.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/
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Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, Kevin Tumlinson, Jena Brown, and James Blatch as they discuss the week’s entertainment news, including stories about Spotify, John Grisham, and Kindle. Then, stick around for a chat with Nick Cutter!
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Nick Cutter – https://www.craigdavidson.net/nickcutter/index.html
The Queen – https://www.craigdavidson.net/nickcutter/The-Queen.html
Story Confirms That Spotify Is Paying Real Money to Publishers – https://lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2024/10/story-confirms-that-spotify-is-paying-real-money-to-publishers/
John Grisham poached material for new book, media outlets say – https://wapo.st/3Uhcfu7
Amazon unveils first color Kindle, and new Kindle Scribe with ability to write directly in books – https://www.geekwire.com/2024/amazon-unveils-first-color-kindle-and-new-kindle-scribe-with-ability-to-write-directly-in-books
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/
Nick Cutter – https://www.craigdavidson.net/nickcutter/index.html
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.
Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, Kevin Tumlinson, and Jena Brown as they discuss the week’s entertainment news, including controlled digital lending, The ‘Wall Street Journal’ dropping its bestseller lists, a Kindle Vella contest, and TikTok lifting Kindle sales. Then, stick around for a chat with Kelsea Yu!
Kelsea Yu is a Taiwanese Chinese American writer who lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and children. Whether through a speculative or real-world lens, her writing explores diaspora identity, twists on folklore, complicated interpersonal relationships, and characters who make unconventional choices.
Kelsea’s novella, Bound Feet (Cemetery Gates Media), is nominated for a 2022 Shirley Jackson Award. Her debut novel, It’s Only a Game, is forthcoming from Bloomsbury Children’s in 2024, and her next novella, Demon Song, is forthcoming from Titan Books in 2025. She has stories and essays published in magazines such as Clarkesworld, Apex, PseudoPod, and Fantasy, and in various anthologies. Her nonfiction has been published in Nightmare, Sarah Gailey’s Personal Canons Cookbook, and elsewhere.
Kelsea is an active member of SFWA and HWA, as well as a first reader for the Ignyte Award-winning and twice Hugo Award-nominated magazine, khōréō. Find her on Instagram or Twitter @anovelescape. She is represented by Jennifer Azantian of Azantian Literary Agency.
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It’s Only a Game – https://www.powells.com/book/its-only-a-game-9781547613359
Second Circuit Probes Internet Archive’s Arguments for Controlled Digital Lending – https://lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2024/06/second-circuit-probes-internet-archives-arguments-for-controlled-digital-lending/
The ‘Wall Street Journal’ Drops Its Bestseller Lists – https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publishing-and-marketing/article/93663-the-wall-street-journal-drops-its-bestseller-lists.html
A Kindle Vella Contest, The Velly’s – https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/vellys/rules
TikTok Lifts Kindle Sales, Too – https://lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2024/07/tiktok-lifts-kindle-sales-too/
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
Kevin Tumlinson – https://www.kevintumlinson.com/
Kelsea Yu – https://www.kelseayu.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.