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TODAY: Film & TV Producer Sophia Lucchesi
on how books get optioned and adapted for screen
Apr 17 • Leigh Stein
TODAY: Literary Agent Joanna MacKenzie
on Lindy West sales numbers and the state of the commercial poetry market
Apr 10 • Leigh Stein
TODAY: Social Media Director Megan Tripp
on PRH's social media strategy
Mar 13 • Leigh Stein
TODAY: Marketing and Publicity Director David Brown
on novels for men, by men
Feb 27 • Leigh Stein
TODAY: Atria Publicist Ali Hinchcliffe
on the success of Theo of Golden
Jan 13 • Leigh Stein
TODAY: literary agent Mia Vitale
on scouting clients on the internet
Dec 8, 2025 • Leigh Stein
TODAY: Celine Keely the BookToker
on how she works with publishers and authors
Nov 10, 2025 • Leigh Stein
TODAY: Fisher the Bookseller
on how she decides which frontlist titles to buy
Oct 17, 2025 • Leigh Stein
TODAY: literary agent Samantha Shea
on literary vs. upmarket fiction, and selling essay collections
Sep 29, 2025 • Leigh Stein
TODAY: Ballantine editor Jesse Shuman
on what those rejection emails really mean
Sep 4, 2025 • Leigh Stein
TONIGHT: sales rep John Francisconi
on what authors can do to get their books in indie bookstores
Aug 4, 2025 • Leigh Stein
TODAY: literary agent Meredith Kaffel Simonoff
on selling literary fiction and the role an agent plays in awards
Jul 25, 2025 • Leigh Stein
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