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Aug 18, 2026
Amanda Harris on the economics of publishing, setting up her own literary agency and what makes a worthwhile celebrity book
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Simon AkamHOST
How straightforward is it to make that kind of lateral move from, you know, from a non-editorial department into editorial?
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9:38Amanda HarrisGUEST
So I think sometimes when people think about getting into publishing, I think I'm going to be an editor.
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9:45Amanda HarrisGUEST
And at the time of when I was applying for every job, I first applied for a rights assistant and completely failed because I'd left the caps lock on a typing test.
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Simon AkamHOST
But if you are someone, say, in your 20s coming out of university and you find yourself in that situation, what do you recommend you do?
Prepublication Review in the Age of AI
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David ChagaHOST
Uh, Amanda, why don't you set the stage by telling us about the What Did Jennifer Do controversy from 2024?
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5:33Amanda HarrisGUEST
So yeah, I think-- I thought we'd start off to illustrate sort of what's at stake for filmmakers and various stakeholders in this documentary process.
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David ChagaHOST
And, you know, the, the creative folks, the filmmakers are sort of finding themselves in this new conversation where they're talking to their law- lawyers about, you know, "How do I protect my work if I'm using AI in it? If I, uh, use AI to do X, Y, or Z, can I still get a copyright?" Before we get into sort of the practical tips and maybe the prompts and some of the other elements, Amanda, um, what's the big picture you're thinking about here for your clients when we talk about copyrightability, specifically in the context of documentaries?