{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/68078b1c656f67ac93b2cdaf/6a0dabcad4f8cd35820e0fb3?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Shaking up the Big Five with a creative data compass – inside Sourcebooks’ rise. With Dominique Raccah","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/68078b1c656f67ac93b2cdaf/1779280686350-d1009ef2-eaa5-43b9-9428-6b91a1e32179.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In this episode of IGNITE! Publishing, Daniel Lenz and Albrecht Mangler speak with Dominique Raccah, CEO of Sourcebooks, about her extraordinary journey from a $17,000 bedroom start-up to the most successful independent publishing group in the US – and how she has rewritten the industry’s rules through radical data-centricity and extreme agility. Dominique offers personal insights into her philosophy and her strategy for success. Among other things, the publisher analyzes:</p><ul><li>Data as a creative compass: Why data doesn’t provide answers, but asks the right questions – and how Sourcebooks uses this to discover unexpected bestsellers and build authors as brands.</li><li>Agility as a competitive advantage: How the company brings books to market in two months instead of 18, and what systems and cultural principles are needed to maintain this speed even as a Big Five publisher.</li><li>Alternative distribution channels: Why special markets are booming with 18 percent growth, how independent bookshops have become a strategic priority, and why experiential events are the future of reader engagement.</li><li>AI and copyright: How Sourcebooks uses AI for process automation while taking an uncompromising stance against content theft – and why the protection of creative work is becoming an existential issue for the industry.</li><li>Entrepreneurial spirit: What makes Sourcebooks ‘indie at heart’ even as part of the Big Five, and why Raccah would now invest $17,000 in promoting reading among children.</li></ul><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://ignite-publishing.de/de/2026/the-creative-engine-where-algorithms-meet-authors\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Read the interview in our web magazine</a></p><p><br></p><p>Außerdem in dieser Podcast-Folge: Data Doc Vero über die Relevanz der Nebenmärkte.</p><p><br></p><p>„IGNITE! Publishing“ ist ein Podcast von <a href=\"https://zebralution.com/digitalpublishing/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Zebralution Digital Publishing</a> gemeinsam mit dem <a href=\"https://digital-publishing-report.de/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">DIGITAL PUBLISHING REPORT</a>.</p>","author_name":"Daniel Lenz und Albrecht Mangler"}