Warning, there is some bitterness in this post.
It absolutely BOILS MY PISS to see publishing houses throwing out deals to the likes of Mother Earth and Mark, who is even going to buy these books??! It is sooooo difficult for writers to get published nowadays literally a flooded industry, there are so many genuinely talented, passionate writers out there who will never get a sniff of a publishing deal because they aren't a name or insta hun and then this pair come along and it's just handed to them. I don't even want to know how many books Mother Earth has but as far as I can she just takes a few poems she likes and puts a pretty cover on them, who the hell would buy this?
As for your man's self help book, again, who the hell would buy this?