Book Riot - The Podcast
Episodes
#59: Helvetica or Whatever
30 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about Barnes & Noble spinning off Nook, ebooks and libraries, big publishers getting bigger, libraries lending things...
#58: Library Barnacles
22 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about Oyster coming to Android, publishers going to jail, kids' summer reading habits, getting into trouble for havin...
#57: Before We Get Cranky
15 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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, ne...
#56: Stealing Pitchforks from Villagers
09 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
#55: Book Expo America 2014
02 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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...
#54: Everyone's Anxieties About Everything
26 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about books that make readers feel dumb, trigger warnings on syllabi, the intensifying dispute between Amazon and Hac...
#53: Space MacGyver
19 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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 i...
#52: A Rorschach Test for Craziness
12 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about HarperCollins buying Harlequin, Amazon feuds with Hachette, reduced prison sentences for reading in Italy, Book...
Interlude #2: The Riot Read
10 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
A special episode introducing a new Book Riot project: The Riot Read. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad c...
#51: Toilet Seat Ethics
05 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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 sp...
#50: Recommendations for Moms, Dads, and Grads
28 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode, Jeff and Rebecca field listener book recommendation requests for gifts for moms, dads, and grads. This episode is sponsored b...
#49: Jonathan Franzen's Seduction Cupcakes
21 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about Amazon's acquisition of Comixology, a Hogwarts MOOC, girls seeing themselves in what they read, VIDA for childr...
#48: McRibbed For Your Pleasure
14 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about unsubstantiated fears about the internet, new pricing models for books, a Goodreads for kids, an intriguing lit...
#47: Huge Turkeys at the Top
07 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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...
#46: Alice Munroonie
31 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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...
#45: Guns That Shoot Novellas
24 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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 o...
#44: Metaphorically Bite-Sized
15 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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 sub...
#43: When in Doubt, Set it on Fire
09 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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 rec...
#42: A Unicorn in a Sea of Dudes
03 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
#41: Kermit the Frog's Clavicles
22 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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 wors...
#40: We Just Know Nothing
16 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk America's most literate cities, self-published author earnings, recommendations from librarians, the last 9 years in ...
#39: An Inexhaustible Vortex of Narrative
09 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The week, Jeff and Rebecca talk Harrymione-gate, Dutch ebook piracy, ad-subsidized books, silent reading parties, new books, and more. This episode is...
#38: Don't Bring Poetry to a Knife Fight
02 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about wearable books, revisionist book awards, awards for noble librarians, a deadly literary dispute, new books, and...
#37: Everything Was a Surprise
26 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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 in...
#36: Internet Book Hermits
19 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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, t...
#35: The Bad Sense of Kryptonite
12 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
While Jeff is on vacation, Rebecca and special guest host Matt Debenham talk about the science of writing a bestseller, the future of digital publi...
#34: The Opposite of a Donkey (Our 2013 Year in Review)
06 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca look back at the biggest, weirdest, coolest, most awkward, more interesting, most important, most fun, most innovating, an...
#33: Wet Lettuce Blankets
22 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
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 Det...
#32: We are the Jerks
14 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
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 lac...
#31: The Magical Journey of Hmmmmm
07 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about Amazon drones, young people's stated preference for print books, Goodreads Readers' Choice Awards, and our pick...
#30: The Nerdiest of Elves (Our Holiday Book-Giving Guide)
27 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
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 recommendat...
#29: Back on the Meat
24 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about the National Book Awards, Italian literary TV competitions, ebook sales statistics, DRM-free audiobooks, new bo...
#28: Vicarious Book Porn
18 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
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...
#27: Did Done Did Big Data
10 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about Amazon trying to get independent bookstores to sell Kindles, ereader accessability, the myth of female-dominate...
#26: That's Verbatim, Baby
03 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Rebecca and Jeff talk about the launch of Kindle Matchbook, FAA loosening device restrictions, underrated novels, JJ Abrams' new book, Marg...
Interlude #1: A Chat with Neil Gaiman
31 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
We interrupt our normal podcast format to bring you a special midweek installment. This is an interview Book Riot's own Edd McCracken did with Neil Ga...
#25: Deliciously Awkward
28 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about ALLEGIANT backlash, the health benefits of reading, the history of publishing, and much more. This episode is s...
#24: Our Mutual Crush
19 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about recent literary prizes, book-loving Iceland, patron-driven library acquisition, self-published literary erotica...
#23: Methodology Bullets
12 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Rebecca and Jeff talk about Alice Munro winning the Nobel Prize for Literature, more ereading statistics, most-loved literary characters, t...
#22: Accountability Pants
05 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about literary fiction making readers more empathetic, masked competitive writing, and awesome 8 year-old reader, new...
#21 Confounding Factors
28 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about new reading statistics, 50 Shades of Grey wine, authors paying for reviews, the MacArthur genius awards, and mo...
#20: Seared and Freckled
24 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Rebecca and Jeff talk about Goodreads' new review policy, James Patterson giving $1 million to independent bookstores, bibliotherapists, new books, an...
#19: Insomnia for Hypochondriacs
14 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff and Rebecca dissect the news that there will be new movies set in the world of Harry Potter and give their impressions of Oyster, the Netflix for...
#18: Bastardized Latin Phrases
08 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about Amazon's new MatchBook program, the mysterious trend of the always-returning big book, college summer reading, ...
#17: Coming At You From All Angles
02 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Rebecca and Jeff talk about new Salinger books (!), books people are embarassed to have read, a new site that keeps track of when books go ...
#16: Climax at the Climax
24 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about Elmore Leonard and Albert Murray, Barnes and Noble's Nook reversal, the largest publishers in the world, high s...
#15: Fairy Podparent
17 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
While Jeff is on vacation, Rebecca and special guest host Ann Kingman from Books On the Nightstand discuss Ron Burgundy's memoir, the top-earning auth...
#14: If You Give a Dude a Gadget
11 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Rebecca and Jeff talk about movie versions of THE GIVER, bookstores that smell like chocolate, Borders bookstore lives on in Singapore, the rise of au...
#13: Aerosolized Ego
03 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about Obama visiting Amazon, online price wars, new ereading statistics, bookstores that smell like chocolate, new bo...
#12: Who Moved My Cheese That I Learned About In Kindergarten While I Was Eating Soup for My Soul?
27 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff and Rebecca talk about books people pretend to have read, the most popular books of 2013, digital comics, book bundles, some interesting new book...
#11: J.K. Rowling Tin Foil Hat Moment
20 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Rebecca and Jeff talk about the surprise Rowling book, a new device for reading to kids, the crazy prolificness of Alexandre Dumas, and a n...
#10: Giant Mr. Darcy
13 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
While Jeff enjoys a summer frolic, Rebecca and guest host Andrew Losowsky, Senior Books Editor at The Huffington Post, talk about Apple's ebook price...
#9: Bad Job, Old Dudes
06 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff and Rebecca talk about which countries read the most, Jonathan Franzen's letter to The New York Times, lit snobs, film adaptations of The Grapes ...
#8: Theater of the Mind
29 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
While Rebecca is off cavorting, this week Jeff is joined by author/blogger/rustabout Chuck Wending. They talk about Barnes & Noble's slow decline, hat...
#7: You're in the Danger Zone
22 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff and Rebecca talk about a fashion shoot depicting the suicides of some famous women writers, most hated books, new German DRM, new books, and Geor...
#6: Awesome Just Falls Out of You
17 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about the spike in sales of Orwell's 1984, werewolf erotica, really bad ideas for high school English assignments, vi...
#5: Just Sitting Around, Coming of Age.
09 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about a slew of new bookish websites, the Baileys Women's Fiction Prize, how awesome Dolly Parton is, Nook Snaps, Suz...
#4: People Having Thoughts in Brooklyn
03 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff and Rebecca talk highlights from Book Expo America, now-worthless Borders gift cards, Allen Ginsberg's rolodex, and which states have the most bo...
#3: The Gandalf of Poetry
24 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff and Rebecca talk about finishing Dan Brown's Inferno, along with discussions Stephen King's new print-only novel, Amazon's foray into fan-fiction...
#2: Pillow Talk with Robert Langdon
17 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff and Rebecca talk about The Great Gatsby movie reactions and box office, along with discussions on the new Dan Brown novel, ebook market share, a ...
#1: Leaving a Whoopee Cushion for Santa Claus
12 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In the inaugural Book Riot - The Podcast, Jeff and Rebecca talk about what the podcast will be, Gatsby hype, Harper Lee fights back against copyright ...