Why Publishing is Broken

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2023

⏱️ 108 minutes

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Summary

In today's 'Craftwork' episode, a conversation with Kathleen Schmidt. She is a longtime publishing industry veteran with in-depth experience in a variety of roles, including as a publicist, literary agent, acquisitions editor, and ghostwriter. She has worked over the years on 50 New York Times bestsellers. Kathleen is the founder and CEO of Kathleen Schmidt Public Relations, and her Substack newsletter, Publishing Confidential, is an excellent resource where she shares her wealth of inside knowledge and makes efforts to demystify the book business. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Available where podcasts are available: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, etc. Subscribe to Brad Listi’s email newsletter. Support the show on Patreon Merch @otherppl Instagram YouTube TikTok Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a proud affiliate partner of Bookshop, working to support local, independent bookstores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:52.1	All right, everybody. Welcome to the program. This is the Other People Show. I am Brad Listy in Los Angeles. It's nice to be with you. Thanks for tuning in. I hope you are feeling okay, wherever you happen to be. I have an excellent show for you, a new craftwork episode. We're going to talk about why publishing is broken today, ladies and gentlemen.
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