{"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/69a453eea9760df1fb2a42be?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Agents Rail Against AI, Influencer Imprints & Genre Snobbery","description":"<p><a href=\"https://youtu.be/G-Jp_8IoqcY\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Watch as a full video on YouTube</a></p><p><br></p><p>This week on <em>Adventures in Publishing-land</em>, we’re heading to San Francisco to look at Bindery Books. This startup is turning \"bookfluencers\" into acquiring editors, letting communities choose their own bestsellers. Is this the \"Taylor’s Version\" of publishing, or a risky bet on \"tastemakers\"? Plus, we discuss top literary agencies  sounding the alarm on \"formulaic\" and \"flattened\" AI-generated queries, and also return to the topic of genre snobbery, and why fantasy is making everyone think again about it.</p><p><br></p><p>00:00 Intro</p><p>01:17 Facile &amp; Formulaic - Agents Ban AI Queries</p><p>12:21 The Tastemaker Model - BookTok Becomes The Editor</p><p>21.39 Myth-understandings - Fighting Genre Snobbery</p><p>34:35 - Off Script: Stranger Than Fiction</p><p>39:53 Final Chapter - A Wonderful New Take on Superheroes</p><p><br></p><p>Links:</p><p><a href=\"https://www.thebookseller.com/news/literary-agents-urge-writers-to-avoid-ai-as-they-see-change-in-nature-of-submissions\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Literary agents urge writers to avoid AI as they see ‘change in nature of submissions’</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2026-02-18/bindery-books-influencer-led-publishing-model\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Bindery Books Influencer-led Publishing Model</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/feb/22/myth-monsters-and-making-sense-of-a-disenchanted-world-why-everyone-is-reading-fantasy\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Myth, monsters and making sense of a disenchanted world: why everyone is reading fantasy</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"}