Print Run Podcast
1) Episode 180—Can Agents Read?
This week we took a look at a substack piece (link below!) that argued that literary agents can’t or don’t read well, as a jumping-off point to discuss the big picture of the query process, the ways w...Show More
2) Episode 179—The Psychologisode
This week, Laura got mad enough at Erik’s approach to his creative life that she’s devoting an episode to psychoanalyzing him and his writing practices. What could go wrong!
3) Episode 178—The One About (Un)bound(less)
In light of the recent revelations about Unbound/Boundless’s failure to pay their debts to their authors, we talked about what went wrong, what flawed publishing impulse these mistakes come from, and ...Show More
4) Episode 177—The Jimmies, The Rock, The Tariffs
This week…. Well folks there’s not much to say other than that we were pretty loose, given the general state of things in both publishing and beyond. We talk about MrBeast getting eight figures for a ...Show More
5) Episode 176—Co-ops as the Way Forward
This week we look at the announcement of a fascinating new agreement between eight small publishers that revolves around sharing shipping costs as a way to discuss the concept of cooperation in our in...Show More
6) Episode 175—What We Owe Each Other
In response to an excellent listener question, today we’re talking about how writers can approach asking potential agents about how they might handle specific aspects of their lives–whether that’s gen...Show More
7) Episode 174—The Subgenre is YOU
This week we use one of publishing’s favorite new portmanteaus–romantasy–to talk about the fluid nature of genre and subgenre, and discuss the ways in which these endless classifications can help brin...Show More
8) Episode 173—The Manuscript Wish List at the End of the World
We don’t need to tell you that the world feels pretty dark right now. The question then becomes: as creatives, as publishing people, as writers, readers, agents, whatever–what are we looking for to ge...Show More
9) Episode 172—The End of the Social Media Marketing Era
This week we talk about the functional death of social media as a promotional tool in the publishing industry. Now that we all agree that these platforms are actively corrosive to not only our body po...Show More
10) Episode 171—Summer, Again
It’s time for the annual Print Run Summer Check-In, where we list out all the ways we’re both keeping it together and losing our marbles. Summer is strange time in publishing, and it leads us to a con...Show More