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Book Riot's Jeff O'Neal and Rebecca Schinsky discuss the latest news in the world of books and reading, including hot new releases, adaptations, publishing industry events, and more.
Book Riot is the largest independent editorial book site in North America and home to a host of media, from podcasts to newsletters to original content, all designed around diverse readers and across all genres.
#120: The Most Predictable of Bummers
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about giving away ebooks at hotels, a Venice mayor has a banning iniative blow up in his face, free bus rides for Romanian readers, ill-advised literary adaptations and much more. This week's episode is sponsored by Squarespace, Scribd, and Everybody Rise by Stephane Clifford.
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01:06:1324/08/2015
Introducing: Get Booked!
Rebecca and Amanda preview Amanda's new podcast Get Booked, a bi-weekly show of personalized book recommendations. Get Booked launches September 10th. Subscribe now!
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10:2620/08/2015
#119: I Would Not Be This Nice
This week, Amanda and Jeff follow up with the Nazi romance story, talk about indie bookstores getting into politics, the rise of phone reading, building Minas Tirith, new books, and much more. This episode is sponsored by TryAudiobooks.com, Scribd, and Squarespace.
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01:08:0216/08/2015
#118: Metaphorically Afflutter
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about a scandal rocking the romance world, the story of a women who submitted her novel to agents under a man's name, a bookstore giving refunds for Go Set a Watchman, a rediscovered F. Scott Fitzgerald short story, new books, and much more. This episode is sponsored by Devil Dead by Linda Ladd, Scribd, and Audible.
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01:18:4910/08/2015
#117: Mangalf the Beige
This week, Jeff and Amanda talk about the Man Booker longlist, a "gritty" reboot of Little Women, selling Between the World and Me at cost, more YA book banning, and much more. This episode is sponsored by Scribd, A History of Glitter and Blood by Hannah Moskowitz, and No One Needs to Know by Kevin O'Brien.
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01:02:0703/08/2015
#116: Your Anecdata is Invalid
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about audiobooks rising, more data that have books at home is good for kids, 2015 book sales, new books, and much more. This episode is sponsored by Scribd, Squarespace, and Tryaudiobooks.com
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01:03:2027/07/2015
#115: All the Asterisks
This week, Rebecca, Jeff, and Amanda do a deep dive on GO SET A WATCHMAN and still manage to get to some other news. This episode is sponsored by Scribd, Everything You and I Could Have Been If We Weren’t You and I by Albert Espinosa, and Book Riot Live. Get $20 off your ticket to Book Riot Live with discount code WHEELHOUSE.
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01:16:1520/07/2015
#114: Happier Sausage-Making
This week, Rebecca and Jeff talk about the book world getting ready for the new Harper Lee, summer reading stats, 2015 book sales are strong, bad publicity ideas, new books, and much more. This episode is sponsored by Harry's, TryAudiobooks.com, and Scribd.
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01:02:2513/07/2015
#113: Snowshoe Fascinator
This week, Rebecca and Amanda talk about the latest numbers on ebook growth, the Kafka-esque story of what's happening to Kafka's papers, Zadie Smith's forthcoming space movie, and more. This episode is sponsored by The Bones of You by Debbie Howell, Scribd, Mãn by Kim Thúy, and Audible.
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01:07:0305/07/2015
#112: The Opposite of Boggart
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about the passing of James Salter, a new Harry Potter play, Grey selling big, new books, and much more. This episode is sponsored by Scribd, Squarespace, and TryAudiobooks.com.
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01:07:3429/06/2015
#111: Full Up on Jonathans
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about a publisher trying the Year of Only Women challenge, books in barbershops, ToMo at Columbia, new books, and much more. This episode is sponsored by Scribd and You Can't Escape by Nancy Bush.
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01:08:2022/06/2015
#110: Extremely Corporeal
This week, Amanda and Jeff talk rising book sales, reverse showrooming, the idea of publishing only women for a year, where the line is in high school reading, and much more. This episode is sponsored by Scribd, Squarespace, and TryAudiobooks.com
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52:1615/06/2015
#109: Just Burn the Whole Thing Down
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about the new E.L. James book, Amazon's most well-read U.S. cities, a Harper Lee auction, books about women not winning literary awards, new books, and much more. This episode is sponsored by Scribd, Audible, and When Darkness Ends by Alexandra Ivy
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01:03:3008/06/2015
#108: Gardening by Astral Projection
This week, Amanda, Jeff, and Rebecca talk the news and new books of Book Expo America. This week's episode is sponsored by TryAudiobooks.com, Scribd, and The Gracekeepers by Kirsty Logan
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01:03:0202/06/2015
#107: Marples and Holmeses
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk the best book set in each state, a huge book deal, Sam and Frodo walking distances, homophobia in schools, new books, and more.
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The Gracekeepers by Kirsty Logan
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01:51:4725/05/2015
#106: The Warhorse of Literary Criticism
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about getting ebooks in museums, Harold Bloom's list of the 12 greatest American authors, Amy Poehler on vinyl (?), the city with the most bookstores per capita in the world, new books, and much more. This week's episode is sponsored by Scribd, Squarespace, and The Novice by Taran Matharu.
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01:16:4618/05/2015
Introducing: All the Books!
Rebecca and Book Riot contributing editor Liberty Hardy announce a new weekly podcast about the most exciting and interesting new releases.
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02:4411/05/2015
#105: Not Without Genre
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk book gluts, sci-fi awards, romance sales, the McSweeney's kickstarter, Macmillan tries bundling, new books, and much more. This epsiode is sponsored by Scribd, Audible, THE NOVICE by Taran Matharu, and INVICIBLE by Amy Reed.
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59:4111/05/2015
#104: Moms, Dads, and Grads Recommendation Show
This week, Amanda, Rebecca, and Jeff answer reader recommendation requests for summer time holidays and reading. This episode is sponsored by Scribd, Squarespace, and Invincible by Amy Reed.
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01:41:3404/05/2015
#103: Bundling Island
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about Pulitzer winners, America's most literate cities, Reese Witherspoon narrating the new Harper Lee novel, new books, and much more. This episode is sponsored by Audible, TryAudiobooks.com, The Turner House by Angela Fournoy and Elena Vanishing by Elena and Claire B. Dunkle.
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01:27:2627/04/2015
#102: Informercial in the Sky
This week, Rebecca and Amanda discuss the 10 most-challenged books of 2014, an airline's plan to host in-flight literary readings, imaginary boxing matches between authors, and more. This episode is sponsored by Scribd, Random House Audiobooks, and The Revelation of Louisa May by Michaela MacColl.
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01:14:2219/04/2015
#101: So Many Fedoras
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk Oyster selling ebooks, the 2014 VIDA count, Hugo Awards controvery, Salman Rushdie on Goodreads, and much more.
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01:23:1113/04/2015
#100: Tattoos and Toni Morrison
This week, Jeff, Rebecca, and Amanda celebrate 100 episodes by taking listener questions. This episode is sponsored by Audible, Scribd, The Wicked Deceptions by Joanna Shupe, and The West Wing Changed Me.
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01:36:3106/04/2015
#99: Sweating to the Classics
In this episode, Jeff and Rebecca talk READY PLAYER ONE move news, authors opening side businesses, more on libraries as community centers, new books, and much more. This episode is sponsored by Scribd, TryAudiobooks, and The Winner's Crime by Marie Rutkowski.
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01:03:3930/03/2015
#98: Cervantesish Bones
This week, Jeff and Amanda talk about Overdrive being acquired, publisher subscriptions, a final Discworld book, new books, and much more. This episode is sponsored by Scribd, Squarespace, and TryAudiobooks.com.
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01:00:0124/03/2015
#97: Beautifully Juicy
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk Alabama's investigation into the care of Harper Lee, the National Book Critics Circle Awards, VIDA crowdfunding, Andrew Smith's comments about being ignorant about women and girls, new books, and more. This episode is sponsored by Scribd, TryAudiobooks.com, and The Winner's Crime by Marie Rutkowski.
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01:17:1416/03/2015
#96: The Lure of Waffles
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about bookstore sponsorships, a new series from Veronica Roth, Jeff Kinney opening a bookstore, new books, and much more. This episode is sponsored by Scribd, Squarespace, and Audible.
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01:12:3509/03/2015
#95: The Specialist Snowflake
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about the Facebook book group fizzling, the resiliance of independent bookstores, the veracy of a discovered Sherlock Holmes story, new books, and more. This episode is sponsored by Scribd.
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01:04:5202/03/2015
#94: The Absurdity Hour
This week, Rebecca and Amanda talk about the latest selection in Mark Zuckerberg's book club, new data about representation of diverse people in children's books, a super weird John Green story, and more. This episode is sponsored by Squarespace and Scribd.
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01:03:4122/02/2015
#93: Liquified Smurf
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about a new literary website, literary adaptation news, a book that judges you back, an all-access library card, new books, and more. This episode is sponsored by Scribd, Harry's and The Dragons at Crumbling Castle by Terry Pratchett.
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01:01:3816/02/2015
#92: Schrodinger's Mockingbird
This week, Jeff and Amanda devote the entire show to the news that there will be a new Harper Lee novel coming out this summer. This episode is sponsored by Squarespace, Dragons at Crumbling Castle by Terry Pratchett, and Heart of Hell by Alen Mattich.
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01:07:0309/02/2015
#91: Fluffing My Tutu
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about the hot and cold book categories of 2014, authors selling courses, an app for shopping at indie bookstores, the return of Lisbeth Salander, new books, and more.
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55:2702/02/2015
#90: Buzz Threshold
This week, Amanda and Jeff talk best books of the 21st Century, a big study about kids and reading, digital library usage taking off, new books, and much more. This week's episode is sponsored by Audible.com.
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52:3326/01/2015
#89: DefCon Three and a Half
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about the early returns on Zuckerberg's book club, the bestselling books of 2014, the success of publishing projects on Kickstarter, new books, and more. This episode is sponsored by Squarespace and NEAR ENEMY by Adam Sternbergh.
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01:00:3019/01/2015
#88: A Taste for Turmoil
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about Mark Zuckerberg's book club, Haruki Murakami's advice column, Scribd filling its war chest, new books, and much more. This episode is sponsored by Read It Forward.
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59:4211/01/2015
#87: Collective Zerbert Noise
This week, Jeff and Rebecca look ahead to 2015. They talk about trends they are watching for, developments they are hoping for, books they are looking forward to, literary adaptations that are on the horizon, and more. This episode is sponsored by Squarespace.
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01:02:2805/01/2015
#86: Year in Review
This week, Jeff and Rebecca take back at the best, worst, weirdest, most depressing, and most inspiring bookish stories in 2014. This episode is sponsored by Audible, Kobo, and THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT by Jakob Melander.
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01:15:3829/12/2014
#85: Eating Crazy Sandwiches
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk LGBQT diversity in YA, the overall health of the publishing industry, a good year for humble bundle, the IT books of 2014, and more. This week's episode is sponsored by Squarespace, TryAudiobooks.com, and X: A Novel by Ilyasah Shabazz and Kekla Magoon
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01:15:0722/12/2014
#84: Just Call Us Butter
This week, Jeff and Rebecca discuss the Harper's Magazine investment in a bookstore, controversy surrounding a bestselling book with a ghost writer, the forthcoming Rainbow Rowell novel, and more.
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01:07:0415/12/2014
#83: The Buzz Got Super-Big
This week, Rebecca and Amanda discuss Jacqueline Woodson's response to Daniel Handler's racist jokes at the National Book Awards, James Patterson's weird new book burning video, the Goodreads Choice Awards winners, and more.
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01:12:3207/12/2014
#82: Holiday Recommendation Extravaganza Bonanza, Part 2
Part 2 of our 2014 holiday gift recommendation show. This episode is sponsored by TryAudiobooks.com, Kurgo, and Valiant #1.
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01:36:2227/11/2014
#81: Holiday Recommendation Extravaganza Bonanza, Part 1
Part 1 of our 2014 holiday gift recommendation show. This episode is sponsored by TryAudiobooks.com and Kobo.
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53:3427/11/2014
#80: Snow Globe Consciousness
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about the National Book Award winners and Daniel Handler's racist comments at the ceremony, Penguin Random House's digital conservatism, the Oyster Review, new books, and more. This episode is sponsored by Kurgo, Tryaudiobooks.com, Kobo, and Valiant #1.
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01:12:0924/11/2014
#79: General Purpose Sceptering
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk more product promotion in books, the Amazon-Hachette truce, The Ampersand getting into the bundling game, new books, and much more. This episode is sponsored by Kurgo, Audible, Kobo, and Valiant #1.
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59:3117/11/2014
#78: Dirty Laundry on Our Mind-Floor
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about product placement in ebooks, the "it" book of 2014, the Goodreads Best of 2014 categories, B&N doing some bundling, new books, and much more. This episode is sponsored by Squarespace, TryAudiobooks.com, and Valiant #1.
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01:17:3910/11/2014
#77: The Literal Expletive
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about literary crowdfunding, a Barnes and Noble gets saved, exciting TV deals, new books, and much more. This week's episode is sponsored by Kobo, TryAudiobooks.com, and THE WONDER OF ALL THINGS by Jason Mott.
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01:01:0403/11/2014
#76: The Virtues of Difficulty
In this episode, Jeff and Amanda talk Simon and Schuster reupping with Amazon, another hand-wringing YA essay, an author engaging in "light-stalking," news of a new Toni Morrison novel, new books, and much more. This episode is sponsored by Squarespace, Kobo, and TryAudiobooks.com.
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01:01:3727/10/2014
#75: Trifecta of Tangets
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about book awards season, new info about Harry Potter spin-offs, data about publisher direct sales, new books, and much more. This episode is sponsored by Warby Parker, Audible and Hit by Lorie Ann Glover.
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57:3319/10/2014
#74: Live from Brooklyn
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about big book deals, the library of the future, cops reading to kids, new books, and much more. This episode is sponsored by TryAudiobooks.com, Love is the Drug by Aalya Dawn Johnson, and Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix.
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49:4313/10/2014
#73: Pizza, Books, and Spreadsheets
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about 30 years of the Book It program, average consumer spending on books, The Fault in Our Stars getting banned, new books, and much more. This week's episode is sponsored by As Long as You Love Me by Anna Guirre, Love is the Drug by Alya Dawn Johnson, and Squarespace.
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58:2606/10/2014