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Book Riot - The Podcast
01/23/23
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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:
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
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
!!! Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret adaptationnnnnnnn
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The Apocalypse is For Everybody
January 30, 2023
•58m
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:
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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