The Book People Bound Podcasts

Aishwarya speaks with Andrew James, founder of UK-based Frog Literary Agency, about the need to focus on representing authors from the LGBTQIA+ community. How does James choose who to represent? Can literary agencies boost access to the publishing world? What kind of queer books are we seeing in the UK vs India? How can editors and agents establish their expertise in niche categories?Andrew James has over 12 years of experience working in publishing as a commissioning editor across trade...

Aishwarya speaks with Ajay Jain, founder of Kunzum, about the importance of collaboration in the publishing world, and the necessity for the Kunzum Bookselling Reimagined Conference. Why is a community and collaboration important to bookstores? How did the Kunzum cafe begin? Why does Ajay think Amazon is a toxic force towards social and cultural development? How have pirated books infiltrated the market? Ajay Jain is a traveller, writer and photographer, and the founder of Kunzum in Hau...

The rise in the number of people looking to publish their work has led to a rise in the number of publishing scams. What are these scams, and how do authors fall for these scams? What is vanity publishing? How do fake literary agents scam authors? Aishwarya has all you need to know to not fall into the trap of a fake agency: what are currently most common scams and how can you protect yourself from them?To book a consultation session with Aishwarya or avail of Bound's writing and editing serv...

Aishwarya speaks with Arcopol Chaudhuri, Executive Editor - Rights & New Media at HarperCollins India about the process of adapting books into audiobooks and why publishers want to retain audio rights. How much does HarperCollins earn from audiobooks? How does the author benefit if they retain audio rights, according to Arcopol? What do authors earn from film adaptation rights as compared to the book itself? Watch Part 1 here: https://youtu.be/i1xn7-RDz4cArcopol Chaudhuri is a publishing ...

Aishwarya speaks with Arcopol Chaudhuri, Executive Editor - Rights & New Media at HarperCollins India about the exponential growth of the audiobook market in the last 5 years, and other exciting developments in adaptation. How do rights and new media intersect? Why is HarperCollins investing in new media? How do publishers choose which books to adapt for audio and for screen?Arcopol Chaudhuri is a publishing professional, an avid reader, and an audiobook buff. At HarperCollins, India's fa...

Tiktok’s parent company, ByteDance, is launching a new publishing arm called 8th Note Press. What does this mean for people who were using TikTok to market their books? Is the new publishing arm going to focus on specific genres? And does this impact Indian authors and publishers in any way? Especially since Tiktok is banned in India? Is social media changing the way the publishing industry works?In this week’s episode, Aishwarya decodes these pressing questions that surround the latest devel...