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Book Riot - The Podcast
08/14/23
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Rebecca and Vanessa talk about a trio of AI-related publishing shenanigans, the private equity firm that bought Simon & Schuster, and a cringey moment for the hockey romance community.
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Paramount agrees to sell S & S to private equity firm KKR
AI-generated travel books are the latest Amazon scam
Author fights Amazon to have AI books listed under name removed
AI fiction analytics site Prosecraft shut down after author backlash
This hockey romance BookTok stuff is wild
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August 21, 2023
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Kelly Jensen joins Rebecca to discuss a bummer-fest of book banning news, some truly absurd behavior in Texas, and Jay-Z's partnership with the Brooklyn Public Library.
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EveryLibrary and Book Riot Partner on Survey About Parent Perceptions of Public Libraries
Iowa School District Using ChatGPT to Identify Titles to Be Removed from Libraries
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Kansas Newspaper Illegally Raided by Police
Jay-Z Partners with Brooklyn Public Library
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