Book Riot - The Podcast

In this episode, Jeff and Rebecca talk about Publisher’s Weekly’s 2018 Salary Survey, the National Book Award winners, WH Smith’s new bookstore format, and much more.   This episode is sponsored by: Book Riot Insiders Julian is a Mermaid by Rebecca Love In/Half by Jasmin B. Frelih The Great Courses Plus   Links discussed in this episode: WH Smith Least Popular UK Retailer BR’s own Kelly Jensen featured on WaPo 10 Best Kids Books of 2018 for Don’t Call Me Crazy National Book Award Winners Michelle Obama’s memoir is BECOMING a sensation Sorkin’s TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD play opens Dec 13 (and therefore apparently was not struck down when performed in court) PW Publishing Salary Survey 2018 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca take a second look and Indigo's financial results, the news the WHSmith was the "book retailer" interested in buying Barnes & Noble, look over Amazon's 20 Best Books of the Year list, and much more. This episode is sponsored by: Book Riot Insiders Inkshares Horror Contest Bombas The Great Courses Plus Links discussed in this episode: Follow-up: but is Indigo doing well? Barnes & Noble’s mysterious would-be buyer was WH Smith Update: Pennsylvania walks back plan to restrict prisoners’ access to books Amazon releases 20 Best Books of 2018 Another woman quits the Swedish Academy Antiquarian booksellers prevail after worldwide strike against Amazon subsidiary AbeBooks See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca continue to follow the increasingly nasty Barnes & Noble lawsuit, look over the Goodreads Choice Awards nominees, give an up date on Moira Donegan's book deal, and much more. This episode is sponsored by: The Great Courses Plus Chooseco, publisher of the Weregirl trilogy, Weregirl: Typhon The Darkest Star by Jennifer R. Armentrout Penguin Random House Audio   Links discussed in this episode: Follow-up: Moira Donegan gets a book deal about dealing w/ sexual harassment Barnes & Noble details sexual harassment claims against Parneros Goodreads choice awards are open Bananapants news: Arctic scientist stabs colleague who kept telling him the end of books See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca spend most of the time on reader feedback, but then also finally get to the talk about the winner of the Great American Read. This episode is sponsored by: Midterm Elections HQ from Oxford University Press What Would Cleopatra Do? by Elizabeth Foley and Beth Coates The Great Courses Plus Bombas Links discussed in this episode: Jessica's Indigo Slideshow! TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD wins Great American Read b/c of course it does Stephen King lets teens option a story for $1 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Amanda follow-up about the suit against Moire Donegan, talk about the Man Booker 2018 winner, give first reactions to the Indigo opening in Short Hills, NJ, and much more. This episode is sponsored by: The Kingfisher Secret from McClelland & Stewart Penguin Random House Audio Links discussed in this episode: Man Booker winner announced: Time’s Up founder to represent Moira Donegan: Indigo NJ is open! New kindle paperwhite is finally waterproof BBC Sherlock’s Creative Team Is Bringing Us Dracula Research Study Finds People Who Grow Up With Home Libraries The hexing, though See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Sharifah joins Jeff to talk the awarding of the New Academy Prize (aka, The Alternative Nobel), the meh-tastic finalists of The Great American Read, rage-inducing #metoo responses, Macarthur "Genius" winners, and much more. This episode is sponsored by: The Devil's Thief by Lisa Maxwell Curtain Call by Wilifred Lupano Bombas Links discussed in this episode: Alternative Nobel goes to Maryse Conde Nobel shenanigans: Swedish Academy elects new members Great American Read top 10 finalists Stephen Elliott sues Moira Donegan Amazon gives employees another pay bump to make up for lost bonuses Kelly Link among MacArthur Genius Grant Winners 2018 National Book Award finalists See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Barnes & Noble lurches towards a sale, Amazon raises wages, a notable new poetry podcast, and much more. This episode is sponsored by: TBR The Rule of One by Ashley and Leslie Saunders Blood Communion by Anne Rice Legendary by Stephanie Garbar Links discussed in this episode: Annotated Episode #16: The Patron Saint of Libraries Barnes & Noble still searching for a firm...to help search for a new CEO Aaaaaaand BN is considering a sale Amazon raises wages, takes away some perks Stephen Colbert makes a children’s book out of Trump comments on Hurricane Florence US Poet Laureate brings poetry to podcast audience Carnegie Medal (UK’s oldest prize for children’s books) promises immediate action on lack of diversity Campaign launches to promote physical bookstores See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca discuss the Kirkus prize finalists, yet another Amazon store format, ebooks in prisons, listener follow-up, and much more.   This episode is sponsored by: TBR Vampires Like It Hot by Lynsay Sands A Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney The Great Courses Plus   Links discussed in this episode: Murakami withdraws from "alternative Nobel" Ongoing: Nobel Prize for Literature could be suspended for more than a year Audible comes to the Apple Watch Kirkus Prize finalists New Amazon concept store only sells products with 4-star ratings and above Nominate a bookseller for a holiday bonus from James Patterson See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca find a Barnes & Noble experiment they like, express almost total ignorance about the National Book Award longlists, are dumbfounded by Amazon's store expansion plans, and much more. This episode is sponsored by: TBR Rule by Ellen Goodlett This is a Whoopsie by Andrew Cangelose The Great Courses Plus Links discussed in this episode: Follow-up: FEAR is best-selling book in Simon & Schuster company history Barnes & Noble opens new concept store in Maryland Meanwhile, Amazon planning 3,000 more cashier-less stores by 2021 National Book Awards longlists Target accused of redacting words from certain book descriptions Americans are reading more poetry, less fiction Pennsylvania to ban free book donations to prisons See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca mull Barnes & Noble's current "plan," show their ignorance of the bookselling landscape in the United Kingdom, marvel at the sales figures of Bob Woodward's Fear, and much more. This episode is sponsored by: The Great American Read Upgrade Soul by Ezra Clayton Daniels The Real Lolita by Sarah Weinman The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton Links discussed in this episode: Book Riot's TBR For some reason, Barnes & Noble sees better times ahead Waterstones buys Foyles Strong start for Woodward’s FEAR Customer wins bookstore in raffle Owners of Ripped Bodice bookstore sign overall deal with Sony Pictures TV Data! Study of NYT’s “By the Book” column shows male writers are FOUR TIMES more likely to recommend books by men See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices