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We're back! On this week's episode, we discuss the show everyone is talking about - The Traitors! With crime author Harriet Tyce's appearance, we chat about the impact it has had on her book sales, and also wonder which reality show we would choose to go on to boost our publicity (there is also some spoiler discussion about this season of the UK Traitors, so be careful if you are not up-to-date!)

Plus, we talk about big money's interest in Romantasy, and whether that will crowd out the market for other genres, and also discuss the rapid rise of scam marketing emails that are being sent to authors thanks to AI…

00:00 Intro

01:34 Dollars & Dragons - Is Big Money Skewing Fiction?

16:52 The Flattery Trap - Predatory Promo Offers

27:30 Killer Marketing? - The Traitors Effect

44:14 Off Script - Nadine finds another stranger than fiction story for inspiration

49:33 Off Script - Final Chapter: What we've been watching and reading

Links:

Chernin Group invests in Romantasy publisher Entangled

Authors hit with deluge of scam emails from fake marketers

Why crime writers make good Traitors contestants

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