Book Riot - The Podcast

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