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Book Riot - The Podcast is a weekly news and talk show about what's new, cool, and worth talking about in the world of books and reading, brought to you by the editors of BookRiot.com
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Temporal Neophytes
Jeff and Rebecca talk about the Chat-GTP4's weak performance on AP English Exams, Leigh Bardugo getting that bag, why modern adults seem befuddled by time, recent reading, and more.
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Discussed in this episode:
The Book Riot Podcast Patreon
Book Riot’s new email newsletter, The Deep Dive
Shout-out to Rioter Susie Dumond, finalist for a Lambda Literary award for best lesbian romance
The Trans Rights Readathon is a thing, March 20-27
Manuscript thief pleads guilty
Leigh Bardugo’s 8-figure Macmillan deal
Birnham Wood by Eleanor Catton
Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
Your Driver is Waiting by Priya Guns
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Give the People What They Want
Jeff and Rebecca talk about Noam Chomsky on AI, women publishing more books than men, a celebrity bookstore acquisition, TikTok getting into publishing, and more.
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DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:
The Book Riot Podcast Patreon
Book Riot’s new email newsletter, The Deep Dive
Worth a read: Noam Chomsky isn’t worried about ChatGPT replacing writers/artists
Women are publishing more books than men, and it’s good for business
Chip Gaines buys Larry McMurtry’s Texas bookstore
ByteDance hiring an acquisition editor!
A take on TikTok via listener Alex
Enchantment by Katherine May
The English Understand Wool by Helen DeWitt
Dyscalculia by Chamonghne Felix
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Rabbit-Deer Hybrid Thing
Jeff and Rebecca continue to mull ChatGPT’s potential to change reading, assess another change to “classic” texts, recount recent reading, and more.
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DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:
The Book Riot Podcast Patreon
Book Riot’s new email newsletter, The Deep Dive
James Bond books being updated w/o racist language .html
Roald Dahl “classic” editions
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Buttering the Bricks [Updated]
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.
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DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:
The Book Riot Podcast Patreon
Book Riot’s new email newsletter, The Deep Dive
HC union ratifies contract
Roald Dahl updated to have more inclusive language, and it’s a whole Thing
ChatCPT and ebooks
Barnes & Noble’s new membership program
Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes
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A Tale as Old as the Medici
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.
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DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:
The Book Riot Podcast Patreon
HarperCollins & union reach tentative agreement
Simon & Schuster is back on the market
…and they had a banner year
Catapult shuttering online magazine & writing classes to focus on publishing program
Indigo experiencing some sort of online sales meltdown:
The Half-Known World by Pico Iyer
Victory City by Salman Rushdie
Reading the Glass by Eliot Rappaport
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Riding on a High of Wanting to Be Different
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.
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DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:
The Book Riot Podcast Patreon
TBR for Valentine’s Day
We’re hiring!
Site shoutouts: What 10 years of NYT YA bestseller lists reveal about YA
Jenn took a look at what’s happening in publishing right now
The Creative Act by Rick Rubin
Victory City by Salman Rushdie
The English Understand Wool by Helen DeWitt
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Customer Reviews
Nice to check in
I don’t listen every week, but I like to check in to see what’s going on in the world of books. Unfortunately, some of my favorite episodes are now patreon exclusives. However, there’s still good stuff here.
More diversity, less Jeff
To reiterate what others have said, Jeff mansplains everything, talks over Rebecca, and is overall cringeworthy. Rebecca has some good insight, but I always feel like he’s taking on some teacher role and she’s the student striving for the A. Their interactions with each other are awkward, punctuated by Rebecca’s incessant forced, or perhaps nervous, laughter. I stopped listening after they did an episode about Jewish literature, and out of the 10 books recommended, 3 were by Michael chabon. It led me to believe they’re not really up on books as much as they claim to be.
Bookish news
I listen to this every week. I get the bookish news I want and I love the “Frontlist Foyer” part where Jeff and Rebecca talk about the new books they’ve read. They’re unapologetically liberal, and if that bothers you, choose a different book podcast. I don’t feel like it’s too much but opinions may vary. (Lots of reviews mention that this is a turnoff.)