Episode 178—The One About (Un)bound(less)
From Print Run Podcast by Erik Hane and Laura Zats
June 6, 2025 · 59 min
About this episode
The episode discusses the failures of Unbound/Boundless in paying authors and critiques the publishing industry's growth-at-all-costs mentality.
In light of the recent revelations about Unbound/Boundless’s failure to pay their debts to their authors, we talked about what went wrong, what flawed publishing impulse these mistakes come from, and the importance of publishing companies not pursuing growth at all costs. We also yell a little bit about AI. Come unpack the horrors with us!
People in this episode
Hosts: Erik Hane, Laura Zats
Topics covered
- publishing
- debt
- AI
- growth
- industry flaws
Keywords
- Unbound
- Boundless
- publishing
- debt
- AI
- growth
- authors
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Unbound, Boundless
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