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Inside a BOOK auction | Planet Money

Inside a BOOK auction | Planet Money

Featuring: Alex Goldmark

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The provided transcript serves as the introduction to the podcast series. It can be treated as a single, cohesive section. It begins with the host, Alexi Horwitz-Gazi, establishing the premise of the series...

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Key Takeaways

Books are influential technologies that shape culture and mass ideas.
The publishing industry operates on a hidden economy often invisible to the public.
Literary agents play a crucial role in identifying media properties with commercial book potential.
There is a constant tension between artistic ideals and market logic in the publishing world.
Commercial motivation can sometimes conflict with the organic, curiosity-driven nature of journalistic projects.

Notable Quotes

The economic forces determining which books get made and promoted are largely a hidden, mysterious world. — Alexi Horwitz-Gazi

The agents' job was specifically to identify NPR properties that could be adapted into profitable books. — Alex Goldmark

I was initially lukewarm to the idea. — Alex Goldmark

Chapters

The Genesis of the Planet Money Book

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