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Book Riot
News in the world of books and reading, including hot industry releases, adaptations, publishing industry events, and more with Book Riot’s Jeff O’Neal and Rebecca Schinsky.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.
Episodes
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Sep 20, 2021 • 1h 15min
Book Nerd Movie Club: THE MARTIAN
Jeff and Rebecca talk about the book and movie, The Martian.
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Sep 13, 2021 • 1h 9min
Spat Into the World
Jeff and Jenn talk interesting science fiction and fantasy releases, some of the best books of 2021, upcoming science-fiction and fantasy adaptations, and more. Then Jeff and Rebecca are joined by Cree Myles to talk about her project, All Ways Black.
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Discussed in this episode:
Our 2021 Fall Preview Draft Special
Book Riot is hiring!
The Rib King by Ladee Hubbard
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
Two Kingdoms by Suleika Jaouad
SFF Yeah! Fall New Release Episode
The New Yorker discovers there’s big money in ebooks
The Supply Chaaaiiiiiinnnnnnnnn
All Ways Black
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Sep 3, 2021 • 2min
Special Episode: 2021 Fall Preview Draft
As announced, we are trying something different for bonus content: a special, ad-free, pay-what-you-will 2021 Fall Preview Draft. Go here to get it: bookriot.com/falldraft. That URL will redirect you to our Gumroad page where you can get the episode. You can either play it there or download the mp3 file to play wherever. The episode will be available through Thanksgiving. Thanks for listening, and we would especially like feedback on this model, so email us at podcast@bookriot.com.
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Aug 30, 2021 • 1h
The Hamster Will Be Our Guinea Pig
Jeff and Rebecca talk about their plans and strategy for the Fall Preview Draft, a bookstore getting an imprint, PRH jacking up the price of Amanda Gorman’s book, what a wonderful era of Black literature it is, and much more.
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Discussed in this episode:
We’re hiring again! Web engineer & ad ops associate
New Oprah pick The Love Songs of W.E.B. DuBois
50 UK bookstores will open early for Sally Rooney release
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Aug 23, 2021 • 57min
Indiscriminate Scamming
Jenn Northington joins Rebecca to talk about the Hachette/Workman acquisition, the state of book tours, a truly mistifying publishing scam, and more.
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Discussed in this episode:
Follow-up: Leander, TX school district pulls more books
Hachette is buying Workman
Did the pandemic kill the book tour?
The strangest scam in publishing
First look at Wheel of Time adaptation
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Aug 16, 2021 • 1h 5min
G-Level Property
Sharifah Williams joins Jeff to talk SF/F adaptations, how the adaptation boom may (or may not?) be affecting what is getting written, wild problems with GoodReads, and more.
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Discussed in this episode:
How adaptations are influencing contemporary fiction
Review extortion on GoodReads
Hello Sunshine to be sold for $900 million
Surprises with Scholastic succession
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Aug 9, 2021 • 50min
The Donkey Parade
Jeff and Rebecca talk about the coming end of big-time adaptations, the future of food memoirs, the dearth of popular on-going book series, and more.
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Discussed in this episode:
Amazon’s Lord of the Rings Series Gets Release Date
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Aug 2, 2021 • 60min
Spicy Fun Spice
Jeff and Rebecca talk about pandemic reading habits, book sales, what it means to be a relevant author, and much more.
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Discussed in this episode:
Pandemic Reading Habits Survey
People Really Did Read More in 2020
Booker Longlist
May your efforts succeed: little free diverse libraries
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Jul 26, 2021 • 1h 4min
The Canonical Dorito
Jeff and Rebecca build off listener feedback to spend more time talking about TikTok and books, how local libraries can be eaten away from the inside, have their minds boggled about a 300-year overdue library book, and more.
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Discussed in this episode:
The Niles Public Library is a Warning
Prince Harry memoir!
More on the TikTok book trend
Library Book overdue by 300 Years Returned
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Jul 19, 2021 • 58min
Infinite Monkeys
Jeff and Rebecca parse listener feedback on what makes historical fiction, explicate the bestselling books of the year so far, and more.
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Discussed in this episode:
Book Riot’s best of the year so far
PW bestselling books of the year so far
The Niles Public Library is a Warning
A win! Portland Public Schools will no longer teach book containing historical inaccuracies
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