{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/62a7849004bdd200117465f3/68dd84077be17a7f01941025?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"689. RT Rewind: May 2016 Ads & Features","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62a7849004bdd200117465f3/1759347624475-624bf0f3-bd82-465e-b322-9ccada78c632.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>We’re going back to May 2016 to look at the Ads &amp; Features in Romantic Times magazine. The kilts are kilting and the abs are ab-ing, and we’ve got some questions.</p><p><br></p><ul><li>How do we feel about the terms “book boyfriend” and “pre-con”?</li><li>How much of the 2016 conference depended on Twitter to announce pop up signings and special limited time events?</li><li>And do you remember how important Twitter was to a conference?</li><li>How many different ways are there to photograph a very muscled shirtless man? I think we’re going to see all of them.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>So hop into the time machine, we’ve got the snacks, and we’re off to May 2016.</p><p><br></p><p>Patreon folks, you have an extended cut of this episode, available through the app or through your private feed.</p><p><br></p><p>We also mentioned&nbsp;<a href=\"https://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/reviews/imagines-anna-todd/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Elyse’s review of&nbsp;<em>Imagines</em>, complete with Amanda’s specialty Photoshop.</a></p><p>...</p><p><br></p><p>Please consider<a href=\"http://www.patreon.com/smartbitches\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> joining our Patreon </a>campaign to turn off all the dynamic insertion ads. We're more than halfway there!</p>","author_name":"Sarah Wendell"}