Publishers Behaving Badly

StoryForge is a small start-up company that's trying to revolutionize the publishing industry. In Season 1, we talk about the struggles of small business life. In Season 2, we dive into the writing and publishing industry because it's a mess. Scandals, advice, debates, we've got it all. Also, in case you haven't picked up on it yet, we hate AI.

Publishers Behaving Badly is a business podcast hosted by StoryForge, with 27 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

StoryForge hosts Publishers Behaving Badly, a business show with 27 episodes published.

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  Romance Con Is A Con | Publishers Behaving Badly

  Aug 6, 20251h 4mS0

  <p>Romance Con, put on by Mischief Managed, is under fire for promoting an author whose book is essentially a Harry Potter advertisement. Instead of paying attention to trans voices in particular about how they felt about the situation, they've doubled down. So the trans voices are going to speak here instead. Georginahttps://georginakiersten.com/https://www.instagram.com/ingloriousgigihttps://www.threads.com/ingloriousgigiSiriushttps://www.lmhpub.com/https://www.threads.com/@thelaughingmanhousepubhttps://www.instagram.com/thelaughingmanhousepub/Arkadyhttps://biblioddities.com/https://www.threads.com/@bibliodditiesfragranceNot a member of StoryForge yet? You can learn more about our writing and publishing website at...

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  Who Are You, Really? | Publishers Behaving Badly

  Jul 30, 202551 minS2

  <p>Ava Wilde went a little viral on TikTok as a new author. The only problem is that we don't actually know who Ava Wilde is: the video of "her" was AI-generated. Is this akin to creating a pen name or is it different?</p><p>Not a member of StoryForge yet? You can learn more at https://storyforge.com, and you can join us for FREE at https://app.storyforge.com. Use referral code PODCAST to get an additional 50 free Quills!</p>

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  Episode #14

  Radishes Leading To Rabbit Holes | Publishers Behaving Badly

  Jul 23, 202543 minS2

  <p>We had all intentions of just talking about Radish Fiction and how it was closing. But... well... you can see what happened. We went down a number of rabbit holes from all over the place. We tried. We really did.Not a member of StoryForge yet? You can learn more at https://storyforge.com, and you can join us for FREE at https://app.storyforge.com. </p>

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  Episode #13

  Why Are Publishers Getting Into AI? | Publishers Behaving Badly

  Jul 18, 202543 minS2

  <p>A lot of companies in the writing and publishing world have really begun to lean into Gen AI. But... why? There are so many authors who are against it, and those who are for it are being subjected to internet cancellation. So, what gives?Not a member of StoryForge yet? You can learn more at https://storyforge.com, and you can join us for FREE at https://app.storyforge.com. Use referral code PODCAST to get an additional 50 free Quills!</p>

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  Episode #12

  Don't Do This With Your Female Characters | Publishers Behaving Badly

  Jul 2, 202539 minS2

  <p>There's a subsection of the male writer population that doesn't know how to write female characters. Not all of them but there's a pretty good list of them. There's even a subreddit dedicated to it. But why? Why are they so bad about writing female characters and what can be done about it?Not a member of StoryForge yet? You can learn more at https://storyforge.com, and you can join us for FREE at https://app.storyforge.com. Use referral code PODCAST to get an additional 50 free Quills!</p>

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