Book Riot - The Podcast Book Riot

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.
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DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:
The Book Riot Podcast Patreon
TBR for Valentine’s Day
We’re hiring!
Update: HarperCollins union reports that HC has agreed to mediation
Chatbots for Books (this one for Talent by Tyler Cowen):
GoodReads readers most anticipated books of 2023
TikTok confirms that employees can decide what goes viral
Little Free Library launches Indigenous Library program
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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.
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DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:
The Book Riot Podcast Patreon
TBR for Valentine’s Day
PW takes a look at the ongoing HC labor dispute
Cool thing – deep dive into the books from the 90s that appear on college syllabi now
Competition to name the Booker Prize statue
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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.
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DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:
Update: Federal Labor Board certifies New York Amazon union
E-reading in VR is a thing
Prince Harry’s memoir becomes UK’s fastest-selling nonfiction book
Top 25 bestselling print books of 2022 (CoHo is 6 of the top 10)
Colleen Hoover announces It Ends With Us coloring book
And then Atria nukes it
!!! Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret adaptationnnnnnnn
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Jeff and Rebecca talk about 10 interesting new adaptations coming in 2023. Plus other less interesting but still interesting ones.
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DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:
Are You There God, It’s Me Margaret?
The Color Purple
Red, White, & Royal Blue
Lessons in Chemistry
Killers of the Flower Moon
The Three Body Problem
Dumb Money
Leave the world behind
Nightbitch
Nimona
Poor things
Honorable Mentions
Daisy Jones & The Six
Dune 2
The Pale Blue Eye
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
The Power
All the Light We Cannot See
The Killer
American Born Chinese
Eileen
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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.
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DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:
The 2023 Winter Preview Draft on The Book Riot Podcast Patreon
Manuscript thief to plead guilty
Barack Obama’s favorite books of 2022
Print book sales rose 10% before Christmas
Publishing Salary Survey 2022
Apple has launched AI-narrated audiobooks
Sander$on blasts Audible pay rates for indie authors
Via listener Amanda K, a look at the downsides of how easy TikTok makes it to find & recommend books
Shouts to Kelly being recognized for her book ban coverage
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Jeff and Rebecca look back on the most important, interesting, and befuddling stories from the year in books and reading.
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DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:
Salman Rushdie attacked
PRH does not merge with S&S
TikTok on top
And Colleen Hoover rides the wave
The assault on books and reading
Brandon Sanderson’s singular Kickstarter
Peak adaptation
Book sales are…fine
LBGTQ book sales are more than fine
The end of Amazon’s foray into brick and mortar bookstores
Stocking changes at Barnes & Noble
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