{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6857c2b8cb9b8b85b93e7f6c/687260beea74e132fb3248ae?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Fake Memoir? What's going on with The Salt Path? Plus: Author deals and AI comes for translators","description":"<p><a href=\"https://youtu.be/XgpNIJw6Uws\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Watch as a full video episode on YouTube</a></p><p><br></p><p>We discuss the scandal surrounding The Salt Path, the bestselling book that was turned into a movie - but was it all too good to be true? Plus, as Sarah J. Maas pens a huge rights deal, we ask whether normal authors can ever dream of things like that, and we also discuss the launch of Globescribe.ai and whether AI translation could ever match humans. Plus, Nadine offers a grisly answer to the question \"where do you get your ideas?\"</p><p><br></p><p>00:00 Intro</p><p>01:11 McIlvanney Award Longlist</p><p>01:53 New CWA Chair</p><p>04:37 Sarah J. Maas Licensing Deal</p><p>14:17 The Salt Path Scandal</p><p>26:17 Lost in Translation: Can AI really replace translators</p><p>35:51 Off Script - Nadine reveals a grisly answer to the question \"where do you get your ideas?\"</p><p>47:17 Margin Notes - Listener Mail</p><p><br></p><p>Links:</p><p><a href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/sarah-j-maas-multi-year-deal-img-licensing-exclusive-acotar-1236295117/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Sarah J. Maas Deal in the Hollywood Reporter</a></p><p><a href=\"https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/the-real-salt-path-how-the-couple-behind-a-bestseller-left-a-trail-of-debt-and-deceit\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Salt Path scandal - The Observer Story</a></p><p><a href=\" https://www.thebookseller.com/news/penguin-says-it-undertook-all-the-necessary-pre-publication-due-diligence-on-the-salt-path\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Penguin publishing responds</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jul/08/globescribe-ai-translation-service-fiction-writers-publishers-prompts-dismay-among-translators\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Globescribe.ai story</a></p><p><br></p><p>Adventures in Publishing-land is brought to you by STET Podcasts - the one stop shop for all your writing podcast needs, featuring Page One - The Writer's Podcast, The Conversation with Nadine Matheson and more!</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://bsky.app/profile/stetpodcasts.bsky.social\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Follow us on Bluesky</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/stetpodcasts/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Follow us on Instagram</a></p>","author_name":"STET Podcasts"}