Interesting chat with Sarah Burton, deputy chief exec of the Society of Authors and April Peake, commissioning ed at Bloomsbury - ways to get your book published, for mainstream and academic markets.

We talked about working with - and changing! - agents (v common), the pros & cons of self-publishing (great question: “Is mainstream publishing still in vogue? I'm not hearing much about it.”), scams, photography, and proper licensing for AI training.

On ghosting and rejection: "There can be all sorts of reasons, so don't be disheartened and DO keep going with your submissions." - Sarah 🙏

More on this at the NUJ’s Ways to Make Journalism Pay Day on 10 Oct - save the date!