Book Riot - The Podcast

Jeff and Rebecca continue to mull ChatGPT’s potential to change reading, assess another change to “classic” texts, recount recent reading, and more.Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher.For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter!This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:The Book Riot Podcast PatreonBook Riot’s new email newsletter, The Deep DiveJames Bond books being updated w/o racist language .htmlRoald Dahl “classic” editions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Book Riot managing editor Vanessa Diaz joins Jeff to talk about the officially-ratified HarperCollins contract, ChatGPT and ebook “authorship,” bookstore rewards programs, cleaning up Roald Dahl, and more.Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher.For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter!This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:The Book Riot Podcast PatreonBook Riot’s new email newsletter, The Deep DiveHC union ratifies contractRoald Dahl updated to​​ have more inclusive language, and it’s a whole ThingChatCPT and ebooksBarnes & Noble’s new membership programStone Blind by Natalie Haynes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk about the end of the HarperCollins strike, possible homes for Simon & Schuster, a real mess at Indigo, recent reading, and more.Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher.For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter!This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:The Book Riot Podcast PatreonHarperCollins & union reach tentative agreementSimon & Schuster is back on the market…and they had a banner yearCatapult shuttering online magazine & writing classes to focus on publishing programIndigo experiencing some sort of online sales meltdown:The Half-Known World by Pico IyerVictory City by Salman RushdieReading the Glass by Eliot Rappaport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff And Rebecca cover a range of interesting listener emails, catch up with publishing pay raises, look back at 10 years of data from the YA category of New York Times Bestsellers, and discuss some recent reading.Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher.For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter!This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:The Book Riot Podcast PatreonTBR for Valentine’s DayWe’re hiring!Site shoutouts: What 10 years of NYT YA bestseller lists reveal about YAJenn took a look at what’s happening in publishing right nowThe Creative Act by Rick RubinVictory City by Salman RushdieThe English Understand Wool by Helen DeWitt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk about the Barnes & Noble renaissance, a new book from Jesmyn Ward, developments in the world of publishing pay, a couple of new books, and much more.Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher.For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter!This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.Discussed in this episode:The Book Riot Podcast PatreonTBR for Valentine’s DayWe’re hiring!Book Riot has a book about fighting book bansEzra Klein column on ​Barnes & Noble rings a lot of bellsNew! Jesmyn! Ward!Resignations continue at PRHAnd HC is cutting 5% of workforceHC union members on why they are still strikingScorched Grace by Margot Douihay Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca consider listener feedback, talk about Goodreads users’s most anticipated books of 2023, a wild use case for modern chatbots and books, TikTok’s ability to put its thumb on the scale, and much more.Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher.For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter!This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:The Book Riot Podcast PatreonTBR for Valentine’s DayWe’re hiring!Update: HarperCollins union reports that HC has agreed to mediationChatbots for Books (this one for Talent by Tyler Cowen):GoodReads readers most anticipated books of 2023TikTok confirms that employees can decide what goes viralLittle Free Library launches Indigenous Library program Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca follow up on reading goggles and scorched earth memoirs, look at other angles on unions in publishing, survey what recent-ish books appear on college syllabi, fail to name the Booker Prize statue, and then finally sputter about the new Cormac McCarthy books.Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher.For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter!This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:The Book Riot Podcast PatreonTBR for Valentine’s DayPW takes a look at the ongoing HC labor disputeCool thing – deep dive into the books from the 90s that appear on college syllabi nowCompetition to name the Booker Prize statue Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk a little more union stuff, try to imagine e-reading with VR goggles, note with disinterest a blockbuster title, look at the bestselling books of 2022, and more.Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher.For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter!This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:Update: Federal Labor Board certifies New York Amazon unionE-reading in VR is a thingPrince Harry’s memoir becomes UK’s fastest-selling nonfiction bookTop 25 bestselling print books of 2022 (CoHo is 6 of the top 10)Colleen Hoover announces It Ends With Us coloring bookAnd then Atria nukes it!!! Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret adaptationnnnnnnn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca talk about 10 interesting new adaptations coming in 2023. Plus other less interesting but still interesting ones.Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher.For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter!This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:Are You There God, It’s Me Margaret?The Color PurpleRed, White, & Royal BlueLessons in ChemistryKillers of the Flower MoonThe Three Body ProblemDumb MoneyLeave the world behindNightbitchNimonaPoor thingsHonorable MentionsDaisy Jones & The SixDune 2The Pale Blue EyeThe Ballad of Songbirds and SnakesThe PowerAll the Light We Cannot SeeThe KillerAmerican Born ChineseEileen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Rebecca are back to talk about Barack Obama’s favorite books of 2022, Apple launches AI narration of audiobooks, 2022 print sales, listener feedback, and more.Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher.For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter!This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:The 2023 Winter Preview Draft on The Book Riot Podcast PatreonManuscript thief to plead guiltyBarack Obama’s favorite books of 2022Print book sales rose 10% before ChristmasPublishing Salary Survey 2022Apple has launched AI-narrated audiobooksSander$on blasts Audible pay rates for indie authorsVia listener Amanda K, a look at the downsides of how easy TikTok makes it to find & recommend booksShouts to Kelly being recognized for her book ban coverage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices