Adventures in Publishing-land: Publishing's AI Panic: Cancelled Deals, AI Detectors (Plus a $44k Marketing Mistake)
2026-08-17
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We're back after a short break, but it appears nothing has changed in publishing as we are still talking about our (least) favourite subject: AI! We go through some listener mail and comments on the subject before diving into Jerry Falade's collapsed $2.4m book deal, wonder if AI detectors are reliable, and have a talk about different methods of book marketing, wondering what works and what doesn't.
00:00 Intro
02:11 From the Slush Pile - Listener Comments
17:25 AI Hid the Body - $2.4m Book Deal Collapses
24:07 Claude & Pangram - Watermark My Words
39:54 Marketing Your Book - Book Tok or Book Flop?
51:12 Stranger Than Fiction - Nadine's Idea Factory
55:57 The Final Chapter - Entertainment Catch-up
Links:
$2m crime novel deal collapses amid questions over AI use
Agents react to major book deal that collapsed over suspected AI use
Claude's new scarlet letter watermark is invisible—for now
I tested a popular AI slop detector. It felt empowering.
I spent $44,000 launching my book. Three of those dollars worked.
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