Every now and then, I host a live #askagent session on YouTube and syndicate the audio here as a podcast! This is the recording of the Agent Office Hours on 3/25/22

AgentChat Live features casual chats with literary agents to help potential clients get to know them a little bit better. This episode features Sarah N. Fisk at Tobias Literary.

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Thank you to Danny for hosting! His podcast is at: https://linktr.ee/theshapeofastarpodcast

For our final regular PubTalk Live, I have a special treat. Three literary agents will be answering all of your questions about book publishing contracts. Whether you're looking to publish in the future, with or without an agent, or are already in the publishing world, we'll help you understand the contracts you're signing.

→Your Host, Sarah Nicolas:

https://sarahnicolas.com 

https://twitter.com/Sarah_Nicolas

https://instagram.com/presidentsarah

→Natascha Morris

https://www.thetobiasagency.com/natascha-morris

https://twitter.com/SoCalledYALife

→Jessica Felleman: 

https://www.jenniferlyonsliteraryagency.com

https://twitter.com/jmfelleman

https://www.instagram.com/jmfelleman/

→Kaitlyn Johnson:

https://www.strictlytextual.com/

https://twitter.com/RedPenKaitlyn

→Originally broadcast at: https://youtu.be/qTPHGqZ_Dfo

→PubTalk Live Logo adapted from art from freepik.com.

→PubTalk Live is a publishing talk show; the 2nd Saturday is for Author Journeys, where host Sarah Nicolas interviews an author about their work and experiences with publication. This episode features author Jessica Vitalis, author of The Wolf’s Curse.

→Jessica Vitalis:

Website: http://jessicavitalis.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jessicavauthor

Twitter: https://twitter.com/jessicavitalis

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessicavauthor/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzdQX_goi-lZF_mfL0mqB1g

Amazon: https://amzn.to/2WASQK1

Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/a/1209/9780063067417 

→Your Host, Sarah Nicolas:

https://sarahnicolas.com 

https://twitter.com/Sarah_Nicolas

https://instagram.com/presidentsarah

→Become a PubTalk Live patron: https://www.patreon.com/pubtalklive 

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→PubTalk Live Logo adapted from art from freepik.com.

--News--

→PEN America annual gala protest:  https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/trade-shows-events/article/87555-pen-america-goes-live-again-at-2021-gala.html 

→Finalists of 2021 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/87538-finalists-for-2021-nba-in-young-people-s-literature-announced.html

→Librarians in Wyoming facing prosecution:  https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-lifestyle-business-wyoming-nonfiction-22b0a682cb5ba95de8eb3975d101228c 

→Third quarter sales: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/87600-a-cooler-third-quarter-for-book-sales.html

→2020 book sales: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/87578-it-s-official-book-publishing-sales-held-at-25-billion-in-2020.html 

→Plum Creek Literary Festival cancelled:  https://journalstar.com/news/local/education/plum-creek-literacy-festival-cancels-events-after-authors-pull-out-over-discriminatory-concordia-policy/article_1cba73cf-fe22-5109-a634-2be467b453ed.html

→Sue Grafton's estate sells tv rights: https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-business-sue-grafton-new-york-television-b70af7d1b79c17ae42a2ac0dd8712a29 

→2021 Nobel Prize in Literature: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/awards-and-prizes/article/87565-abdulrazak-gurnah-wins-2021-nobel-prize-in-literature.html 

→Publishing supply chain issues:  https://www.vox.com/culture/22687960/book-shortage-paper-ink-printing-labor-explained 

→CAA to purchase ICM partners: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/87480-caa-to-acquire-icm.html

→New York Public Library eliminates late fines: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=3439

→Jason Reynolds extends term as National Ambassador for Young People's Literature: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/87396-jason-reynolds-extends-term-as-national-ambassador-for-young-people-s-literature.html 

PubTalk Live is a publishing talk show, broadcasting live to YouTube every 2nd and 4th Saturday at 9pm Eastern. Host Sarah Nicolas is joined in each episode by a Guest Co-Host and at least one Special Guest. They talk about all aspects of the book publishing industry, including its intersections with other media and libraries. This episode of PubTalk Live features Guest Co-Host Nina LaCour and Special Guest Jorjeana Marie, an author, audiobook narrator, comedian, and television writer.

→Nina LaCour:

https://www.ninalacour.com/

https://twitter.com/nina_lacour 

https://www.instagram.com/nina_lacour/ 

→Jorjeana Marie:

https://jorjeanamarie.com/

https://twitter.com/jorjeanamarie

https://www.instagram.com/jorjeanamarie_/

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2834240/ 

→Your Host, Sarah Nicolas:

https://sarahnicolas.com 

https://twitter.com/Sarah_Nicolas

https://instagram.com/presidentsarah

→Become a PubTalk Live patron: https://www.patreon.com/pubtalklive 

→Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/sarahs-place

→Subscribe via email: http://eepurl.com/gE3ahb

→Originally broadcast at: https://youtu.be/X4hcJzWOQZY

→PubTalk Live Logo adapted from art from freepik.com.

-News-

→Amazon covid-19 books: https://www.npr.org/2021/09/09/1035559330/democrats-slam-amazon-for-promoting-false-covid-cures-and-anti-vaccine-claims 

→Humble Bumble & Stephen King: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/content-and-e-books/article/87327-humble-bundle-teams-with-stephen-king-to-support-the-aclu.html

→Follet sold it's K-12 division:  https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/industry-deals/article/87264-equity-firm-buys-follett-school-solutions.html

→supply chain issues:  https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/87306-the-book-biz-tries-to-avoid-supply-chain-disruptions.html

→Beijing International Book Fair:  https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=3387 

→Frankfurt Book Fair: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/international/Frankfurt-Book-Fair/article/87263-frankfurt-confirms-in-person-fair-limits-daily-attendees-to-25-000.html 

→NPR's National Book Festival podcast series: https://www.npr.org/about-npr/1033613536/library-of-congress-and-npr-announce-national-book-festival-podcast-series

PubTalk Live is a publishing talk show, broadcasting live to YouTube every 2nd and 4th Saturday at 9pm Eastern. Host Sarah Nicolas is joined in each episode by a Guest Co-Host and at least one Special Guest. They talk about all aspects of the book publishing industry, including its intersections with other media and libraries. This episode of PubTalk Live features Guest Co-Host Danny aka Lodestar and Special Guest Sarah Simpson-Weiss, an author’s assistant who works with bestselling authors.

→Danny aka Lodestar

https://www.theshapeofastarpodcast.com/ 

https://twitter.com/lodestarslagoon 

→Sarah Simpson-Weiss

Website: http://www.yourauthorassistant.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MightyMouse118 

→Your Host, Sarah Nicolas:

https://sarahnicolas.com 

https://twitter.com/Sarah_Nicolas

https://instagram.com/presidentsarah

→Become a PubTalk Live patron: https://www.patreon.com/pubtalklive 

→Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/sarahs-place

→Subscribe via email: http://eepurl.com/gE3ahb

→Originally streamed at: https://youtu.be/Dm8PT4U0oNg

→PubTalk Live Logo adapted from art from freepik.com.

-News-

→Amanda Gorman’s poetry book price increase: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bookselling/article/87229-gorman-book-s-price-hike-startles-booksellers.html 

→Hachette acquires Workman: https://www.piworld.com/article/hachette-book-group-to-acquire-workman-publishing/ 

https://publishingperspectives.com/2021/08/hachette-book-group-announces-acquisition-of-workman-publishing/ 

→Beijing Book Fair postponed: https://www.bibf.net/en/ 

→Greenlight Bookstores unionized: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bookselling/article/87157-greenlight-bookstores-in-brooklyn-unionize.html 

→Amazon plans department stores: https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/20/business/amazon-department-stores/index.html 

→Officer involved in Breonna Taylor shooting looking for new book publisher: https://www.wsj.com/articles/police-officer-in-breonna-taylor-shooting-seeks-new-book-publisher-11629318016 

→Congressman Ronny Jackson book deal: https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacheverson/2021/08/17/house-rules-ban-book-advances-heres-how-trumps-old-doctor-now-in-congress-got-one-anyway/?sh=8cb243d6f122 

→Ted Cruz book dealings: https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacheverson/2021/08/16/ted-cruz-made-320000-as-an-author-last-year-his-campaign-bought-153000-worth-of-books/?sh=7cbff0482e15 

→Vatican Selected a Publisher:

https://www.ncronline.org/news/people/pope-names-italian-journalist-head-vatican-publishing-house

AgentChat Live features casual chats with literary agents to help potential clients get to know them a little bit better. This episode features T.S. Ferguson of Azantian Literary Agency.

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Support the show | Originally broadcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC7GAXnC0lY 

PubTalk Live is a publishing talk show, broadcasting live to YouTube every 2nd and 4th Saturday at 9pm Eastern. The 2nd Saturday is for Author Journeys, where host Sarah Nicolas interviews an author about their work and experiences with publication. This episode features author Gail Z Martin aka Morgan Brice.

→Gail/Morgan:

https://morganbrice.com/

https://www.GailZMartin.com

Morgan Brice Reader Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WorldsOfMorganBrice/

Gail and Larry Reader Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/martinshadowalliance/

ConTinual: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ConTinual

→Your Host, Sarah Nicolas:

https://sarahnicolas.com 

https://twitter.com/Sarah_Nicolas

https://instagram.com/presidentsarah

→Become a PubTalk Live patron: https://www.patreon.com/pubtalklive 

→Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/sarahs-place

→Originally broadcast at: https://youtu.be/HJy24RnveX4

→Subscribe via email: http://eepurl.com/gE3ahb

→PubTalk Live Logo adapted from art from freepik.com.

--News--

→American Book Association misstep updates: https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4045 

→Reese Witherspoon sells Hello Sunshine: https://www.wsj.com/articles/reese-witherspoons-hello-sunshine-to-be-sold-to-media-company-backed-by-blackstone-11627914600 

→Publishers making changes to return-to-work plans: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/87083-hbg-cancels-plan-to-reopen-for-hybrid-work-demands-vax-and-masks.html https://variety.com/2021/film/news/viacomcbs-delays-return-october-1235035027/ 

→Bouchercon cancelled: http://new.deadlypleasures.com/2021/08/04/bouchercon-new-orleans-2021-cancelled-due-to-covid-concerns/ 

→Time reports on Goodreads issues: https://time.com/6078993/goodreads-review-bombing/ 

→Scholastic CEO leaves control of company to unexpected heir: https://www.wsj.com/articles/succession-drama-grips-scholastic-ceos-sudden-death-an-office-romance-and-a-surprise-will-11627850787 

→Amanda Gorman Award for Poetry: https://social-impact.penguinrandomhouse.com/our-awards/u-s-creative-writing-awards/  

→James Patterson and Dolly Parton to co-write a book: https://people.com/country/dolly-parton-james-patterson-write-her-first-novel-run-rose-run/ 

→RWA Vivian Award controversy

https://bookriot.com/rwa-racism/ 

https://www.rwa.org/Online/News/2021/Statement_on_2021_VIVIAN_Awards.aspx

https://www.rwa.org/Online/News/2021/Important_News_Regarding_2021_VIVIANs.aspx