Readers AND Authors Are Being MAJORLY Let Down By The Publishing Industry

Buying hundreds of books… just to unhaul them unread? BookTok’s massive unhauls have sparked a conversation about overconsumption but when does questioning buying habits turn into shaming people for enjoying books? ✨ Today's Drink: Sunshine Immune Tea by Tetley! 🎧 Tune in, sip with us, and remember — keep your glass, your bookshelf, and your TBR full. 🍸📖✨ CHAPTERS 0:00 - Intro & What We Are Reading! 4:46 - Buy, Unhaul, Repeat… But Why? 14:04 - Book Buying As Collecting 16:59 - TBR Games! 18:55 - Publisher PR Hauls 24:01 - Rage Bait Content 31:21 - Why Physical Book Ownership Matters 36:09 - Neurodivergence & the Meaning of Collecting 41:41 - Are Women’s Hobbies Judged More Harshly? 52:06 - Listener Questions, Lines We/YOU Loved! #booktok #booktube #overconsumption #tiktok #deinfluencing #commentary #socialcommentary #reader _______________________________________________________ Welcome to Plot Twist, Please – the ultimate bookish podcast for readers who love deep discussions, honest book reviews, and trending BookTok favourites. We talk fantasy books, romance books, thrillers, YA series, and everything in between whilst sipping on our favourite cocktails. From old favourites to the latest viral reads, we’re here for all the plot twists. ✨ Weekly episodes featuring book recommendations, character analysis, and spoiler-filled discussions. If you love BookTok, BookTube, and Bookstagram, this is your space! If you would like to join our Private Fable Book Club please email us at [email protected] and tell us a little about yourself 📚 Follow for more bookish content and reading inspo 📺 YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@plottwistpleasepod 📱 INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/plottwistpleasepod 🎧 Available on all major podcast platforms For inquiries or requests, email [email protected] INTRO Music by TossedOnion - Just Vibin' - https://thmatc.co/?l=0191967D Music by Anja Kotar - July (strings version) - https://thmatc.co/?l=3E25A972 Music by Aleste - The Christmas we miss - https://thmatc.co/?l=79740E04 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on Plot Twist Please, we’re unpacking a Threads debate about whether wealthy authors owe aspiring writers their money, mentorship and platforms.✨ Today's Drink: CAFFEINE!🎧 Tune in, sip with us, and remember — keep your glass, your bookshelf, and your TBR full. 🍸📖✨CHAPTERS0:00 - Welcome to the Audacity | What We’re Reading5:05 - The Threads Post That Started It All | Q&A14:25 - Stephen King Has Already Entered the Chat16:56 - George R. R. Martin’s $5 Million Receipts18:27 - Nora Roberts Isn’t Doing Enough… Really?19:57 - More Q&A/Discussion30:40 - Selfish or Entitled? Rapid Fire35:21 - Lines We Loved & Closing Pages & Pleasures - https://www.pagesandpleasures.com/ancasterFrostbitten & Forbidden Winter Fantasy Ball - https://www.pagesandpleasures.com/copy-of-hamilton-dec-5#booktube #commentary #booktok #author #tiktok #socialcommentary #threads _______________________________________________________ Welcome to Plot Twist, Please – the ultimate bookish podcast for readers who love deep discussions, honest book reviews, and trending BookTok favourites. We talk fantasy books, romance books, thrillers, YA series, and everything in between whilst sipping on our favourite cocktails. From old favourites to the latest viral reads, we’re here for all the plot twists. ✨ Weekly episodes featuring book recommendations, character analysis, and spoiler-filled discussions. If you love BookTok, BookTube, and Bookstagram, this is your space! If you would like to join our Private Fable Book Club please email us at [email protected] and tell us a little about yourself 📚 Follow for more bookish content and reading inspo 📺 YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@plottwistpleasepod 📱 INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/plottwistpleasepod 🎧 Available on all major podcast platforms For inquiries or requests, email [email protected] INTRO Music by TossedOnion - Just Vibin' - https://thmatc.co/?l=0191967D Music by Anja Kotar - July (strings version) - https://thmatc.co/?l=3E25A972 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we’re discussing reports of indie bookshops left waiting for major releases while big retailers allegedly put copies on shelves early. From missed sales and release parties to spoilers and frustrated readers, who takes responsibility when a highly anticipated book launch goes wrong? And do the same rules really apply to everyone?Plus, we discuss the treatment of Rebecca Yarros following her father’s passing and the Fourth Wing casting conversation taking over BookTok.✨ Today's Drink: Beams Crisp Apple Biotic 🎧 Tune in, sip with us, and remember — keep your glass, your bookshelf, and your TBR full. 🍸📖✨CHAPTERS0:00 - Intro6:48 - Threshing Day, ACOSH, and the Distribution Problem17:13 - Questions & discussions20:24 - Let's talk about Target31:19 - Large "Book" Stories Discussion37:70 - Barnes & Noble?40:57 - More Discussion54:38 - Listener Questions & Lines We Loved!EVENTS COMING UP - LINKSPages & Pleasures - https://www.pagesandpleasures.com/ancasterFrostbitten & Forbidden Winter Fantasy Ball - https://www.pagesandpleasures.com/copy-of-hamilton-dec-5_______________________________________________________Welcome to Plot Twist, Please – the ultimate bookish podcast for readers who love deep discussions, honest book reviews, and trending BookTok favourites. We talk fantasy books, romance books, thrillers, YA series, and everything in between whilst sipping on our favourite cocktails. From old favourites to the latest viral reads, we’re here for all the plot twists.✨ Weekly episodes featuring book recommendations, character analysis, and spoiler-filled discussions. If you love BookTok, BookTube, and Bookstagram, this is your space!If you would like to join our Private Fable Book Club please email us at [email protected] and tell us a little about yourself📚 Follow for more bookish content and reading inspo 📺 YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@plottwistpleasepod📱 INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/plottwistpleasepod🎧 Available on all major podcast platformsFor inquiries or requests, email [email protected] Music by TossedOnion - Just Vibin' - https://thmatc.co/?l=0191967DMusic by Anja Kotar - July (strings version) - https://thmatc.co/?l=3E25A972 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dark romance often comes with a long list of trigger warnings, but what about thrillers and horror? 👀 This week, we’re discussing why expectations differ between genres, whether content warnings spoil the story, and when a warning starts sounding more like a selling point.Do you check content warnings before reading, or prefer to go in blind?Grab your drink and let’s sip, flip, and spill the tea! 📚🍸CHAPTERS0:00 - intro6:00 - what are trigger warnings?7:43 - why are they so prominent in dark romance?13:10 - the difference between dark romance + thrillers17:26 - does knowing the genre tell you which triggers are in the book?22:04 - is avoiding a spoiler more important than trigger warnings?26:18 - RAPID FIRE40:20 - questions for you & lines we loved! | member shout-outsDid you know we're selling stickers?! Check out our store to see what we have to offer! https://plottwistplease.myshopify.com/ #booktok #booktube #bookrecommendations #bookreview #dnfdiaries #podcast #reading Which book made you finally give yourself permission to DNF? Send your stories to [email protected] for a chance to be featured in a future episode!_______________________________________________________Welcome to Plot Twist, Please – the ultimate bookish podcast for readers who love deep discussions, honest book reviews, and trending BookTok favourites. We talk fantasy books, romance books, thrillers, YA series, and everything in between whilst sipping on our favourite cocktails. From old favourites to the latest viral reads, we’re here for all the plot twists.✨ Weekly episodes featuring book recommendations, character analysis, and spoiler-filled discussions. If you love BookTok, BookTube, and Bookstagram, this is your space!If you would like to join our Private Fable Book Club please email us at [email protected] and tell us a little about yourself📚 Follow for more bookish content and reading inspo 📺 YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@plottwistpleasepod📱 INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/plottwistpleasepod🎧 Available on all major podcast platformsFor inquiries or requests, email [email protected] Music by TossedOnion - Just Vibin' - https://thmatc.co/?l=0191967DMusic by Anja Kotar - July (strings version) - https://thmatc.co/?l=3E25A972Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A romance scene involving WHO?! 👀 We’re opening your DNF Diaries to discuss questionable character decisions, disappointing plots, and the moments that made you close the book. Plus, one listener shares how an author took their feedback and reportedly changed the scene!⚠️ Spoilers ahead! Books discussed in this episode may be spoiled.These submissions reflect our listeners’ opinions and reading experiences. 📚☕Books Mentioned in Timestamps Below!CHAPTERS0:00 - major update regarding love among the pages!10:02 - Pawns in a Bishop’s Game by Emilia Finn13:15 - The Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness18:29 - Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay25:34 - Crown Me Dead - Liv Zander29:54 - Feral Blood by Eva Chase, Pídeme lo que quieras, ahora y siempre by Megan Maxwell, Draxton by Kashel Char36:27 - Weyward by Emilia Hart40:51 - Susie's DNF (That's Not My Name by Megan Lally)44:00 - Lines We Loved, Closing & Member/Pledges Shoutouts!Did you know we're selling stickers?! Check out our store to see what we have to offer! https://plottwistplease.myshopify.com/ #booktok #booktube #bookrecommendations #bookreview #dnfdiaries #podcast #reading Which book made you finally give yourself permission to DNF? Send your stories to [email protected] for a chance to be featured in a future episode!_______________________________________________________Welcome to Plot Twist, Please – the ultimate bookish podcast for readers who love deep discussions, honest book reviews, and trending BookTok favourites. We talk fantasy books, romance books, thrillers, YA series, and everything in between whilst sipping on our favourite cocktails. From old favourites to the latest viral reads, we’re here for all the plot twists.✨ Weekly episodes featuring book recommendations, character analysis, and spoiler-filled discussions. If you love BookTok, BookTube, and Bookstagram, this is your space!If you would like to join our Private Fable Book Club please email us at [email protected] and tell us a little about yourself📚 Follow for more bookish content and reading inspo 📺 YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@plottwistpleasepod📱 INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/plottwistpleasepod🎧 Available on all major podcast platformsFor inquiries or requests, email [email protected] Music by TossedOnion - Just Vibin' - https://thmatc.co/?l=0191967DMusic by Anja Kotar - July (strings version) - https://thmatc.co/?l=3E25A972Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What happened at Love Amongst the Pages in London, Ontario? This week on Plot Twist, Please, we’re talking through the book event drama, the reactions online, and our thoughts on it all. 📚☕CHAPTERS0:00 - intro6:46 - getting into the drama21:58 - an excerpt from Alice Hanov | tiktok26:19 - official cancellation notice27:44 - haustier events29:14 - the good news! | readers & romance33:34 - events we are apart of!39:00 - questions for you & lines we loved!#booktube #booktok #bookish #readers #bookpodcast #bookevents #tiktokdrama #reaction EVENTS COMING UP - LINKSDreadCon - https://www.dreadconcan.com/Pages & Pleasures - https://www.pagesandpleasures.com/ancasterFrostbitten & Forbidden Winter Fantasy Ball - https://www.pagesandpleasures.com/copy-of-hamilton-dec-5_______________________________________________________Welcome to Plot Twist, Please – the ultimate bookish podcast for readers who love deep discussions, honest book reviews, and trending BookTok favourites. We talk fantasy books, romance books, thrillers, YA series, and everything in between whilst sipping on our favourite cocktails. From old favourites to the latest viral reads, we’re here for all the plot twists.✨ Weekly episodes featuring book recommendations, character analysis, and spoiler-filled discussions. If you love BookTok, BookTube, and Bookstagram, this is your space!If you would like to join our Private Fable Book Club please email us at [email protected] and tell us a little about yourself📚 Follow for more bookish content and reading inspo 📺 YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@plottwistpleasepod📱 INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/plottwistpleasepod🎧 Available on all major podcast platformsFor inquiries or requests, email [email protected] Music by TossedOnion - Just Vibin' - https://thmatc.co/?l=0191967DMusic by Anja Kotar - July (strings version) - https://thmatc.co/?l=3E25A972Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Part Two, we discuss author Elisabeth Wheatley’s controversial decision to remove explicit content from her previously published novels. Where does an author’s creative freedom end and what do they owe readers who already purchased the original books? We explore author agency, reader expectations, digital ownership, and the backlash that ultimately led to readers being given a choice between editions.CHAPTERS0:00 - INTRO5:38 - THE DRAMA11:10 - QUESTIONS18:48 - QUESTIONS CONTINUED26:19 - HER ANNOUNCEMENT31:20 - RAPID FIRE 34:05 - LINES WE LOVED! & OUTRO✨ Today's cocktail: Homemade Iced Chai Tea Lattes! 🎧 Tune in, sip with us, and remember — keep your glass, your bookshelf, and your TBR full. 🍸📖✨_______________________________________________________Welcome to Plot Twist, Please – the ultimate bookish podcast for readers who love deep discussions, honest book reviews, and trending BookTok favourites. We talk fantasy books, romance books, thrillers, YA series, and everything in between whilst sipping on our favourite cocktails. From old favourites to the latest viral reads, we’re here for all the plot twists.✨ Weekly episodes featuring book recommendations, character analysis, and spoiler-filled discussions. If you love BookTok, BookTube, and Bookstagram, this is your space!If you would like to join our Private Fable Book Club please email us at [email protected] and tell us a little about yourself📚 Follow for more bookish content and reading inspo 📺 YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@plottwistpleasepod📱 INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/plottwistpleasepod🎧 Available on all major podcast platformsFor inquiries or requests, email [email protected] Music by TossedOnion - Just Vibin' - https://thmatc.co/?l=0191967DMusic by Anja Kotar - July (strings version) - https://thmatc.co/?l=3E25A972Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When did Young Adult books become so… adult? In Part One of this discussion, we explore the increasingly blurred boundary between YA and adult fiction from explicit content and misleading covers to adult books being recommended to teenagers simply because the characters are young. Let's chat!CHAPTERS0:00 - intro5:42- housekeeping (upcoming events!)7:46 - what does young adult mean? | discussion & disclaimer 11:47 - YA and intended audiences16:36 - books that shouldn’t be YA but are20:01 - study by harper collins | who is reading YA actually?24:11 - QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSIONS25:46 - Explicit content in books | content advisory?32:20 -acotar & initial marketing strategy upon release | questions & discussions36:45 - covers vs content 39:00 - giveaway winner!39:00 - what about new adult?45:42 - viewer questions & lines we loved!✨ Today's cocktail: Apple Sangria ft Cass's white wedding wine. 🎧 Tune in, sip with us, and remember — keep your glass, your bookshelf, and your TBR full. 🍸📖✨_______________________________________________________Welcome to Plot Twist, Please – the ultimate bookish podcast for readers who love deep discussions, honest book reviews, and trending BookTok favourites. We talk fantasy books, romance books, thrillers, YA series, and everything in between whilst sipping on our favourite cocktails. From old favourites to the latest viral reads, we’re here for all the plot twists.✨ Weekly episodes featuring book recommendations, character analysis, and spoiler-filled discussions. If you love BookTok, BookTube, and Bookstagram, this is your space!If you would like to join our Private Fable Book Club please email us at [email protected] and tell us a little about yourself📚 Follow for more bookish content and reading inspo 📺 YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@plottwistpleasepod📱 INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/plottwistpleasepod🎧 Available on all major podcast platformsFor inquiries or requests, email [email protected] Music by TossedOnion - Just Vibin' - https://thmatc.co/?l=0191967DMusic by Anja Kotar - July (strings version) - https://thmatc.co/?l=3E25A972Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our listeners are taking over DNF Diaries and they did NOT hold back! From characters whose names mysteriously changed in the final book to a thriller that wasn’t thrilling, an accidental encounter with childhood smut, and a book that earned a shocking –15/10, we’re reading your most brutal DNFs and painfully finished books.Which book made you finally give yourself permission to DNF? Send your stories to [email protected] for a chance to be featured in a future episode!⚠️ Spoiler warning: Books discussed in this episode may be spoiled.CHAPTERS:0:00 - Intro7:47 - The Blood of Hercules11:17 - I'll Give You The Sun | Beyond the Beach House16:06 - Eragon | The Silmarillion | Programming Rusr (lol)25:03 - Klara and The Sun27:01 - Sorcery of Thorns | The Divorce29:24 - Of Mice & Murder32:16 - Beth's Painfully Finished!33:44 - Susie's Painfully Finished!34:33 - Lines We Loved!#booktok #booktube #bookrecommendations #bookreview #dnfdiaries #podcast #reading _______________________________________________________Welcome to Plot Twist, Please – the ultimate bookish podcast for readers who love deep discussions, honest book reviews, and trending BookTok favourites. We talk fantasy books, romance books, thrillers, YA series, and everything in between whilst sipping on our favourite cocktails. From old favourites to the latest viral reads, we’re here for all the plot twists.✨ Weekly episodes featuring book recommendations, character analysis, and spoiler-filled discussions. If you love BookTok, BookTube, and Bookstagram, this is your space!If you would like to join our Private Fable Book Club please email us at [email protected] and tell us a little about yourself📚 Follow for more bookish content and reading inspo 📺 YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@plottwistpleasepod📱 INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/plottwistpleasepod🎧 Available on all major podcast platformsFor inquiries or requests, email [email protected] Music by TossedOnion - Just Vibin' - https://thmatc.co/?l=0191967DMusic by Anja Kotar - July (strings version) - https://thmatc.co/?l=3E25A972Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

TikTok is spiraling over claims that Wattpad is cracking down on smut and explicit content, but what’s actually happening? Today, we’re breaking down the alleged Wattpad smut ban, the BookTok reactions, and whether readers really need to panic.✨ Today's cocktail: Cherry Coke with ICE! 🎧 Tune in, sip with us, and remember — keep your glass, your bookshelf, and your TBR full. 🍸📖✨CHAPTERS0:00 - INTRO5:30 - WHAT IS WATTPAD? & DISCUSSION19:36 - SHOULD SMUT BE ALLOWED ON A PLATFORM USED BY TEENS? | & DISCUSSION37:32 - LISTENER QUESTIONS & LINES WE LOVED#booktok #booktube #wattpad #tiktok #reader #bookish #podcast #romancebooks ____________________________________________________________________Welcome to Plot Twist, Please – the ultimate bookish podcast for readers who love deep discussions, honest book reviews, and trending BookTok favourites. We talk fantasy books, romance books, thrillers, YA series, and everything in between whilst sipping on our favourite cocktails. From old favourites to the latest viral reads, we’re here for all the plot twists.✨ Weekly episodes featuring book recommendations, character analysis, and spoiler-filled discussions. If you love BookTok, BookTube, and Bookstagram, this is your space!BOOK CLUB ON FABLE: https://fable.co/club/plot-twist-please-with-susannah-friesen-259062561689📚 Follow for more bookish content and reading inspo 📺 YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@plottwistpleasepod📱 INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/plottwistpleasepod🎧 Available on all major podcast platformsFor inquiries or requests, email [email protected] Music by TossedOnion - Just Vibin' - https://thmatc.co/?l=0191967DMusic by Anja Kotar - July (strings version) - https://thmatc.co/?l=3E25A972Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.