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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 Shinsky.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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May 12, 2014 • 1h 8min
#52: A Rorschach Test for Craziness
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about HarperCollins buying Harlequin, Amazon feuds with Hachette, reduced prison sentences for reading in Italy, Book Riot News, a special ereader just for submarines, and much more. This week's episode is sponsored by Everybody's Baby by Lydia Netzer and the Book Riot Quarterly Box.
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May 10, 2014 • 21min
Interlude #2: The Riot Read
A special episode introducing a new Book Riot project: The Riot Read.
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May 5, 2014 • 1h 1min
#51: Toilet Seat Ethics
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about BookCon, America's favorite novels, a cool library service, new books, and much more. This week's episode is sponsored by Audible and Squarespace.
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Apr 28, 2014 • 1h 30min
#50: Recommendations for Moms, Dads, and Grads
In this special episode, Jeff and Rebecca field listener book recommendation requests for gifts for moms, dads, and grads. This episode is sponsored by Oyster and our own summer tshirt.
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Apr 21, 2014 • 1h 16min
#49: Jonathan Franzen's Seduction Cupcakes
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about Amazon's acquisition of Comixology, a Hogwarts MOOC, girls seeing themselves in what they read, VIDA for children's books, new books, the passing of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and much more. This week's episode is sponsored by Audible and Oyster.
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Apr 14, 2014 • 1h 13min
#48: McRibbed For Your Pleasure
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about unsubstantiated fears about the internet, new pricing models for books, a Goodreads for kids, an intriguing literary/video game Kickstarter project, the death of Peter Matthiesen, announcements about highly anticipated books, new book releases, and more. This week's episode is sponsored by Oyster and Audible.
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Apr 7, 2014 • 1h 13min
#47: Huge Turkeys at the Top
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about the acclerating growth of the audiobook market, the changes in money spent on reading materials, our poll about TBR piles, new books, and much more. This week's episode is sponsored by Squarespace and Oyster.
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Mar 31, 2014 • 1h 11min
#46: Alice Munroonie
This week, Rebecca and Jeff talk about books and prisons in the UK, the future of libraries, a Gone with the Wind sequel, bookstores leaving Manhattan, and much more. This week's episode is sponsored by Oyster and Swoonreads.
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Mar 24, 2014 • 1h 2min
#45: Guns That Shoot Novellas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about diversity (and lack thereof) in children's books, a bunch of new book news, critical subjectivity, the future of ebooks, and much more. This episode is sponsored by Oyster and Audible.com.
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Mar 15, 2014 • 1h 6min
#44: Metaphorically Bite-Sized
This week, Jeff and Rebecca dive into a whole bunch of reading statistics and surveys, a woman's $6 million gift to a library, a new daily-reading subscription service, gendered kids books, and more. This week's show is sponsored by Warby Parker and Swoonreads.
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