The podcast returns with a new weekly, news-led format as we get into whether Booker Prize books are brilliant or just intimidating, why Amazon has slashed KDP upload limits, and whether fixed book prices would actually protect authors and indie bookshops. We also round up some publishing oddities, from Netflix library donations to  a pair of shoes that plays audiobooks for some reason.

 * Naomi Gibson [https://www.naomigibsonwrites.com/], author of Every Line of You, Game Over Girl, Man Muse Monster
 * Melissa Welliver [https://melissawelliver.com/], author of The Undying Tower, My Love Life and the Apocalypse, Soulmates and Other Ways to Die, To the Death
 * Jamie Greenwood [https://www.writeandwrong.co.uk/], creator & host of The Write and Wrong Podcast

Booker Prize Books, KDP Limits and Audiobook Shoes

A deep dive into literary agents, meeting them, signing with them and the continued relationship.

 * Naomi Gibson [https://www.naomigibsonwrites.com/], author of Every Line of You, Game Over Girl, Man Muse Monster
 * Melissa Welliver [https://melissawelliver.com/], author of The Undying Tower, My Love Life and the Apocalypse, Soulmates and Other Ways to Die, To the Death
 * Jamie Greenwood [https://www.writeandwrong.co.uk/], creator & host of The Write and Wrong Podcast

S5.E8 - The Truth about Literary Agents

We are chatting about book covers, being asked to make mood boards, cover art "leaking" early online and Naomi gives an exclusive reveal about which of her covers she really doesn't like!

 * Naomi Gibson [https://www.naomigibsonwrites.com/], author of Every Line of You, Game Over Girl, Man Muse Monster
 * Melissa Welliver [https://melissawelliver.com/], author of The Undying Tower, My Love Life and the Apocalypse, Soulmates and Other Ways to Die, To the Death
 * Jamie Greenwood [https://www.writeandwrong.co.uk/], creator & host of The Write and Wrong Podcast

S5.E7 - How Much Input do Authors get on their Covers?

We are talking about acquisitions, how they happens, who is involved and which bits authors are let in on and which bits they are not.

 * Naomi Gibson [https://www.naomigibsonwrites.com/], author of Every Line of You, Game Over Girl, Man Muse Monster
 * Melissa Welliver [https://melissawelliver.com/], author of The Undying Tower, My Love Life and the Apocalypse, Soulmates and Other Ways to Die, To the Death
 * Jamie Greenwood [https://www.writeandwrong.co.uk/], creator & host of The Write and Wrong Podcast

S5.E6 - What are Book Acquisitions and How Do I Get One?

We chat about the realities of doing events, launch parties and just walking into bookshops and asking to sign your books. A great episode for authors who are in the process of publishing and aren't sure how interfacing with booksellers works.

 * Naomi Gibson [https://www.naomigibsonwrites.com/], author of Every Line of You, Game Over Girl, Man Muse Monster
 * Melissa Welliver [https://melissawelliver.com/], author of The Undying Tower, My Love Life and the Apocalypse, Soulmates and Other Ways to Die, To the Death
 * Jamie Greenwood [https://www.writeandwrong.co.uk/], creator & host of The Write and Wrong Podcast

S5.E5 - Bookshops, Booksellers and Launch Parties

It's all marketing and PR this week as we get into the realities of it, talk about how different books get different budgets and the things that authors can do themselves to help spread the word about their books and themselves.

 * Naomi Gibson [https://www.naomigibsonwrites.com/], author of Every Line of You, Game Over Girl, Man Muse Monster
 * Melissa Welliver [https://melissawelliver.com/], author of The Undying Tower, My Love Life and the Apocalypse, Soulmates and Other Ways to Die, To the Death
 * Jamie Greenwood [https://www.writeandwrong.co.uk/], creator & host of The Write and Wrong Podcast

S5.E4 - Not All Marketing Budgets are Made Equal

It's time to chat about editorial, the relationship between editor and author and how much power editors have over an author's manuscript.

PSA: Kesia Lupo is discussed in this episode who was previously an editor with Chicken House, she then became a literary agent in the US and after recording this she has actually returned to editorial in the UK (and Naomi has a new agent for her adult writing).

 * Naomi Gibson [https://www.naomigibsonwrites.com/], author of Every Line of You, Game Over Girl, Man Muse Monster
 * Melissa Welliver [https://melissawelliver.com/], author of The Undying Tower, My Love Life and the Apocalypse, Soulmates and Other Ways to Die, To the Death
 * Jamie Greenwood [https://www.writeandwrong.co.uk/], creator & host of The Write and Wrong Podcast

S5.E3 - How Much Control do Editors Really Have?

We're diving into what it means to be a full-time author, the realities of reaching that point and why most authors have another source of income.

 * Naomi Gibson [https://www.naomigibsonwrites.com/], author of Every Line of You, Game Over Girl, Man Muse Monster
 * Melissa Welliver [https://melissawelliver.com/], author of The Undying Tower, My Love Life and the Apocalypse, Soulmates and Other Ways to Die, To the Death
 * Jamie Greenwood [https://www.writeandwrong.co.uk/], creator & host of The Write and Wrong Podcast

S5.E2 - The Truth about becoming a Full Time Author

We're back for a new season all about publishing and in the first episode we are chatting about gatekeepers and the various hurdles they represent!

 * Naomi Gibson [https://www.naomigibsonwrites.com/], author of Every Line of You, Game Over Girl, Man Muse Monster
 * Melissa Welliver [https://melissawelliver.com/], author of The Undying Tower, My Love Life and the Apocalypse, Soulmates and Other Ways to Die, To the Death
 * Jamie Greenwood [https://www.writeandwrong.co.uk/], creator & host of the Write and Wrong Podcast

S5.E1 - The Gatekeepers of Publishing

Middle grade author, Philip Kavvadias is here to chat about some of the publishing myths and struggles within children's books.

 * Naomi Gibson [https://www.naomigibsonwrites.com/], author of Every Line of You, Game Over Girl
 * Melissa Welliver [https://melissawelliver.com/], author of The Undying Tower, My Love Life and the Apocalypse, Soulmates and Other Ways to Die
 * Jamie Greenwood [https://www.writeandwrong.co.uk/], creator & host of the Write and Wrong Podcast

S4.E8 - Children's Publishing ft. Philip Kavvadias

Bookish, writer friends Jamie, Melissa and Naomi talk about their favourite tropes, their least favourite tropes and everything in between!

 * Naomi Gibson [https://www.naomigibsonwrites.com/], autho

The Chosen Ones and Other Tropes · Zencastr

The Chosen Ones and Other Tropes

Bookish, writer friends Jamie, Melissa and Naomi talk about their favourite tropes, their least favourite tropes and everything in between!

 * Naomi Gibson [https://www.naomigibsonwrites.com/], author of Every Line of You, Game Over Girl
 * Melissa Welliver [https://melissawelliver.com/], author of The Undying Tower, My Love Life and the Apocalypse
 * Jamie Greenwood [https://www.writeandwrong.co.uk/], creator & host of the Write and Wrong Podcast

Music courtesy of Lud and Schlatts Musical Emporium [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFbtXFIaAJ0fOtgyeDs8Jog]