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Deals Deals Deals for February 2025 [Teaser] Feb 11, 2025

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Jeff is back with his quarterly pile of recent book deal announcements to bounce off Rebecca. One of our favorite recurring episodes.

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Gaiman Sued, Blurbs Deprecated, and A Book Sales Check-In Feb 10, 2025

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Jeff and Rebecca spend more time than they would like in legal-land before talking about how everybody hates blurbs, recent reading, and other book news. Then, Brenna Connor of Circana joins Jeff to talk about 2024 book sales highlights and lowlights before looking ahead to 2025.

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Scarlett Pavlovich sues Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer for rape & human trafficking and Netflix adaptation of Sandman to end after second season

Man accused of attacking Salman Rushdie to go to trial

Big 5 and Authors Guild sue Idaho over book banning law

Simon & Schuster’s flagship imprint won’t require blurbs and Rebecca Makkai essay in the NYT

Dystopian novels are on the rise again after the inauguration

On the Hippie Trail

The Loves of My Life

Life in Three Dimensions

Tilt

Bibliophobia by Sarah Chihaya

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The It Books of February 2025 Feb 05, 2025

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Jeff and Rebecca consider ten contenders to be the It Book of the Month.

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We Talk About WE DO NOT PART by Han Kang [Teaser] Feb 04, 2025

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Jeff and Rebecca discuss the new novel by the 2024 Nobel Laureate in Literature, Han Kang.

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Dark Horse Drops Gaiman, Ebooks Come to Bookshop, ONYX STORM is the Fastest-Selling Books in 20 years, and more. Feb 03, 2025

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Jeff and Rebecca talk about Dark Horse parting ways with Neil Gaiman, get off some hot takes about bookish social media, go through the ins-and-outs of ebooks coming to Bookshop.org, and more.

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Bookshop.org’s Ebook Launch & Reading 25 Minutes a Day in 2025 with Gretchen Rubin episode of First Edition

Dark Horse Comics drops Neil Gaiman

Bookshop.org launches ebook sales

NYT’s coverage accidentally indicts how bad the old indie ebook options are

Authors Guild introduces “Human Authored” certification

New! Dan! Brown!

Hero of the week: Octavia’s Bookshelf

Defy by Sunita Sah

Y2K by Colette Shade

We Do Not Part by Han Kang

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Writers to Watch, 2025 Edition Jan 29, 2025

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Jeff and Rebecca talk about a bunch of early-ish career writers to keep your eye on.

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ONYX STORM Rolls In, It's a Very Bookish Oscars, and Making Your Own Book Fair Jan 27, 2025

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Jeff and Rebecca note some side-effects of Onyx Storm's huge release before talking about Oscars nominations, NBCC finalists, recent reading and more. Then, Jami Attenberg talks to Rebecca about how she put together a book fair where every kid can walk away with a book.

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The Onyx Storm roll-out didn’t quite go as planned - and demand crashed the Target website and Fans are not impressed with the “exclusive” art

NBCC finalists

Oscar nominees for Best Adapted Screenplay

Blob

I Heard Her Call My Name by Lucy Sante

The Language of Mathematics by Raul Rojas

Alligator Tears by Edgar Gomez

Life in Three Dimensions by Shigehiro Oishi

Jami's Craft Talk Substack

How We Hacked the Scholastic Book Fair So Every Kid Could Buy a Book

1,000 Words: A Writer's Guide to Staying Creative, Focused, and Productive All Year Round

A Reason to See You Again

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Power Ranking the Books of 2015 Jan 22, 2025

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Jeff and Rebecca look back and power-rank the books of 2015. Ten picks each, minimal cheating.

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Hot List Check in for January 2025 [Teaser] Jan 21, 2025

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This is a preview of our most recent bonus episode for Patreon members: The January 2025 Hot List Check-in. This is where Jeff offers Rebecca a list of the books he thinks are the current hot books and she tells him he is wrong. Or right. Since Patreon episodes aren't in the main feed, there is some occasional cursing, and in this preview, Jeff had to get out the horn-bleep effect. If you enjoyed this, please consider becoming a paid member of the Book Riot podcast Patreon. We have fun trying to make things you enjoy.

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The Neil Gaiman Story Gets Worse, Best-Selling Books of 2024, and The Price of Books with Kathleen Schmidt Jan 20, 2025

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Jeff and Rebecca talk about the very, very ugly details emerging about Neil Gaiman, 2024's best-selling books, audio-first publishing, and more. Then, Kelly Jensen and Kathleen Schmidt talk about the price of books and what effects they have.

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