Book Riot - The Podcast

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about big book deals, the library of the future, cops reading to kids, new books, and much more. This episode is sponsored by TryAudiobooks.com, Love is the Drug by Aalya Dawn Johnson, and Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about 30 years of the Book It program, average consumer spending on books, The Fault in Our Stars getting banned, new books, and much more. This week's episode is sponsored by As Long as You Love Me by Anna Guirre, Love is the Drug by Alya Dawn Johnson, and Squarespace. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Amanda talk about the woeful lack of diversity in the publishing industry, the prospects of American Idol-like contests for writers, the relatively high price of ebooks, Alison Bechdel winning a Macarthur genius award, new books, and more. This week's episode is sponsored by TryAudiobooks.com, Squarespace, and Into the Grey by Celine Kiernan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A special episode of the Book Riot podcast: an interview with Rebecca about her reading life. This is sort of Episode Zero to our new Reading Lives podcast, available not at bookriot.com/readinglives. This episode is sponsored by Audible and Squarespace. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about the highest-earning authors, what people say their favorites books are on Facebook, how young people are using libraries, new books, and much more. This episode is sponsored by Squarespace and Destined for Doon by Carey Corp and Lorie Langdon. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Rebecca and guest host Paul Montgomery discuss a new grant that gives writers time to read, diversity in comics publishing, a library's plan to better serve homeless patrons, and more. This episode is sponsored by Audible, I Want It That Way by Ann Aguirre, and Matched by Ally Condie. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this special interlude, Paul Montgomery and Preeti Chhibber give a preview of the weekly podcast about the wild and wooly world of comics they'll be hosting for our new site, Panels. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Rebecca and Jeff talk about a new ebook-only university library, Dan Brown's Inferno coming to the big screen, the onslaught of self-published titles, new books, and much more. This week's episode is sponsored by Squarespace, TryAudiobooks.com, and Bombay Blues by Tanuja Desai Hidier. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk libraries in cabs, floating libraries, waterproof ereaders, bungled bundling, new books, and more. This week's episode is sponsored by Audible.com. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about how Harry Potter might make you more empathetic, bundling comes to indie bookstores, precision digital book locators at a London bookselling stalwart, Tom Hanks' quixotic iPad app, new books, and more. This episode is sponsored by Squarespace and TryAudiobooks.com. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Amanda talk James Patterson playing Jeff Bezos, outdoor reading rooms, JK Rowling being the best, the resilience of print books, interesting new books, and more. This episode is sponsored by Squarespace and TryAudiobooks.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Amanda talk about who is most embarrassed about what books they read, who reads what and how much on the toilet, a new Hobbit moviel trailer, 50 Shades back at the top of the bestseller list, new books, and more. This episode is sponsored by Audible and 99Designs.com. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about the 50 Shades of Grey trailer, HarperCollins dips its toe into print/digital bundling, another Amazon overture to Hachette authors, the reading habits of extreme romance readers, new books, and more. This week's episdoe is sponsored by Squarespace and TryAudioBooks.com. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about Kindle Unlimited, Marvel's increasing diversity, new Harper Lee drama, new books, and more. This week's episode is sponsored by 99designs.com and Random House Audio. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk new technology to help the visually impaired read, the bestselling books of 2014, plummeting author income, the resliance of print books, new books, and more. This episode is sponsored by 99Designs and Random House Audio. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Rebecca and Amanda talk about authors petitioning to defend Amazon, banned books, the end of World Book Night, the future of reading, new books, and more. This episode is sponsored by BookSliced and 99Designs. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about Barnes & Noble spinning off Nook, ebooks and libraries, big publishers getting bigger, libraries lending things other than books, Judy Blume news, new books, and more. This week's episode is sponsored by Squarespace and Random House Audio. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about Oyster coming to Android, publishers going to jail, kids' summer reading habits, getting into trouble for having a Little Free Library, what happens when your book has the same title as Stephen King's, new books, and much more. This episode is sponsored by What Looks Like Toledo From the Night Sky by Lydia Netzer and Audible. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Amanda talk about critics hating The Goldfinch, what's at stake for Hachette, Amazon's list of most literature American cities, new books, and much more. This week's episode is sponsored by The Girl in the Road by Monica Byrne and Audible. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about Samsung and Barnes & Noble working together for new Nooks, a slew of new literary adaptations, YA shaming, new books, and more. This week's episode is sponsored by I Read YA and One Man Guy by Michael Barakiva. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca are together in New York for Book Expo America. They talk about what they've seen, the escalating Amazon/Hachette face-off, new books, and more. This week's episode is sponsored by I Read YA and One Man Guy by Michael Barakiva. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about books that make readers feel dumb, trigger warnings on syllabi, the intensifying dispute between Amazon and Hachette, Simon & Schuster getting onboard with ebook subscription, new books, and much more. This week's episode is sponsored by I Read YA and The Girl in the Road by Monica Byrne. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk move adaptation news, Chipotle's literary move, a crazy faked memoir, new books, and much more. This week's episode is sponsored by Audible and I Read YA. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A special episode introducing a new Book Riot project: The Riot Read. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about the favorites books of each state, a new speed reading app, South Carolina pulling money from a college for recommending FUN HOME, a new "shelving" website, and much more. This week's podcast is sponsored by Audible and The Twitter Fiction Festival. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about our reader survey, VIDA statistics, an amazing kid organizing a library for the homeless in NYC, new books, and much more. This week's episode is sponsored by Swoonreads and Squarespace. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff is joined by guest host Amanda Nelson to talk about exercise equipment in libraries, reading to cats, why prize-winning books get worse reviews, James Patterson's largess to indie bookstores, and more. This episode is sponsored by Audible and Swoonreads. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk America's most literate cities, self-published author earnings, recommendations from librarians, the last 9 years in bookstore sales, publishers releasing books faster, new books, and more. This episode is sponsored by Warby Parker. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The week, Jeff and Rebecca talk Harrymione-gate, Dutch ebook piracy, ad-subsidized books, silent reading parties, new books, and more. This episode is sponsored by Audible.com. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about wearable books, revisionist book awards, awards for noble librarians, a deadly literary dispute, new books, and much more. This week's episode is sponsored by Squarespace and Bookbub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and guest-host Amanda Nelson talk about a "human" library, the idea of Wal-Mart buying Barnes & Noble, the growth of the publishing industry over the last few years, the bad state of teenager leisure reading, new books, and more. This episode is sponsored by Audible and BookBub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about the new ending for the GONE GIRL movies, the Tournament of Books, the most checked out library books of 2013, the average length of books by genre, Gillian Anderson's new sci-fi novel, new books, and more. This episode is sponsored by BookBub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While Jeff is on vacation, Rebecca and special guest host Matt Debenham talk about the science of writing a bestseller, the future of digital publishing, and more. This episode is sponsored by Audible and BookBub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca look back at the biggest, weirdest, coolest, most awkward, more interesting, most important, most fun, most innovating, and just downright nerdiest book stories of 2013. This episode is sponsored by BookBub. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rebecca and Jeff talk about a new entry into the subscription ebook market, the bestsellers and literary feuds of 2013, free houses for writers in Detroit, a new Lisbeth Salander novel coming, the movie version of SANDMAN, and much more. This week's episode is sponsored by TryAudiobooks.com. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Rebecca and Jeff talk about the best books of 2013, post-Nobel Alice Munro sales, the national library of Norway's 30-year project, the lack of diversity among New York Times Bestselling authors, how important libraries are to Americans, and more. This week's episode is sponsored by TryAudiobooks.com and Call of the Herald by Ben Rathbone. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about Amazon drones, young people's stated preference for print books, Goodreads Readers' Choice Awards, and our pick for Person of the Year in Publishing. This week's episode is sponsored by Terminology and TryAudiobooks.com. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca take a break from the news to talk about what books to give as gifts this holiday season. They answer listener recommendation requests, give general recommendations, and even give recommendations for each other. This episode is sponsored by Random House's 2013 Holiday Guide. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about the National Book Awards, Italian literary TV competitions, ebook sales statistics, DRM-free audiobooks, new books, non-fiction backsliding, and more. This week's episode is sponsored by Swoon Reads and TryAudiobooks.com. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about the idea of a Hunger Games theme park, a huge book deal, bookstore road trips, Derek Jeter as publisher, Amazon publishing numbers, E.L. James next book (?), and much more. This week's show is sponsored by Swoon Reads and Fangasm by Katherine Larsen and Lynn S. Zubemis. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about Amazon trying to get independent bookstores to sell Kindles, ereader accessability, the myth of female-dominated YA authorship, Mackenzie Bezos' 1-star review, an inside look at the Booker Prize process, new books, and more. This week's episode is sponsored by Swoon Reads and Fangasm by Katherine Larsen and Lynn S. Zubemis. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices