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#222: Regularly Scheduled Awkwardness Aug 14, 2017

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca anticipate a shared favorite coming to Netflix, bag on fixing book prices, scratch their heads over Audible for dogs, and decide that suing Levar Burton is ill-advised. This episode is sponsored by: Genius: The Con by Leopoldo Gout Book of the Month Caraval by Stephanie Garber Links discussed in this episode: Annotated #4: The United States V. One Book Called Ulysses Our Souls at Night coming to Netflix Ava Duvernay adapting Octavia Butler's Dawn for television LeVar Burton sued for using his Reading Rainbow catchphrase on his podcast Philip Pulman calls for return of fixed pricing Audible for Dogs is a real thing New Yorkers can stream 30K movies free with a library card Generating Romance titles with AI See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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#221: One Book Gravy Train Aug 07, 2017

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca mull PBS' upcoming The Great American Read and ponder the world's highest earning authors. This episode is sponsored by: Casper The Dying Game by Asa Avidic Links discussed in this episode: Follow-up: Comey has a $2m+ book deal PBS’s Great American Read series World’s highest paid authors See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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#220: Identity Squatting Jul 31, 2017

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This week, Jeff and Amanda follow-up about ambiguous pen-names, go over the 2017 Man Booker longlist, mark Michiko Kakutani's retirement from the New York Times Book Review, and much more. This episode is sponsored by: BookPop Book of the Month The Secret Agent Training Manual Links discussed in this episode: Is Trump hurting book sales? Michiko Kakutani stepping down from NYTBR Man Booker Prize longlist announced Neil Degrasse Tyson and George RR Martin teaming up for video game Audiobook/scavenger hunt mash-up See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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#219: Don't @ Me Jul 24, 2017

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca follow-up about police distributing books to kids, relay the strange case of Dracula in Icelandic, round-up a bunch of adaptation news, and much more. This week's episode is sponsored by: It All Comes Down to This by Karen English The Rise and Fall of DODO by Nicole Galland and Neal Stephenson Links discussed in this episode: Why Didn't Independent Bookstores Go Extinct? Continued: translation of Dracula in Icelandic is...a totally different book Joe Biden will tour for his new book, kicks off with Oprah interview Male writers taking ambiguous pen names to sell psychological thrillers Comey’s writing a book Writer claims Chelsea Clinton stole his book idea Bird Box movie with Sandra Bullock See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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#218: Lexical Malfeasance Jul 19, 2017

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In this episode, Jeff and Rebecca talk about sales numbers for BEHOLD THE DREAMERS post-Oprah selection, a good year so far for print sales, the opening of the new largest bookstore in the world, and try to get you to listen to Annotated (if you haven't already). This episode is sponsored by: Levar Burton Reads Unraveling by Sara Ella Book of the Month Links discussed in this episode: Annotated Episode 2: How did Independent Bookstore Avoid Going Extinct? Pulitzer Prize gets new administratorWorld’s largest bookstore opens in Iran New Maurice Sendak book discovered 10.9% of the translation of The Vegetarian is wrong?! Wichita Police Department using book-delivery service for outreach North American comics market hit $1.085 billion in 2016 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Quick Scheduling Note Jul 17, 2017

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This week's episode is a little delayed due to summer scheduling and will be out Tues/Wed, but a little something that can tide you over until then. Annotated Annotated on Apple Podcasts Annotated on Overcast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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#217: Boundless Theories Jul 10, 2017

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This week, Rebecca and guest co-host Jenn discuss new standards for ebook accessibility, the men's rights activists who took on a feminist bookstore, and more. This episode sponsored by: The Cameron Brothers by Angelin Sydney Penguin Random House Audio Links discussed on the show: Follow-up: TSA cancelling pilot of screening procedure requiring passengers to remove books from carry-ons New standards for ebook accessibility MRAs take on a feminist bookstore and lose EarlyWord creates diversity catalogs HarperCollins diversity catalog Ingram diversity catalog Macmillan diversity catalog Norton diversity catalog PRH diversity catalog Humble Bundle's brag-worthy stats Game of Thrones episodes could be feature-length JRR Tolkien estate & Warner Brothers settle over LoTR slot games See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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#216: Cross the Memes Jul 02, 2017

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about the launch of Annotated, tastefully gloat about guessing Oprah's next book club selection, appreciate the bookishness of Sarah Jessica Parker, and much more. We hope you’ll check out the first episode of Annotated: “Is It 1984 Yet?” It’s about the resurgence of interest in George Orwell’s 1984 and the story of how 1984 came to be in the first place. The next five episodes in the series will come out every other week, and you can subscribe to Annotated in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, or in your podcast player of choice. Find out more about Annotated here This episode is sponsored by: OwlCrate Leaving Lucy Pear by Anna Solomon Libby Links discussed in this episode: New Oprah pick (we nailed it) Audiences at 1984 on Broadway vomiting & fainting Sarah Jessica Parker’s first acquisition for Hogarth imprint Millennials most likely generation to use public libraries Macmillan offers scholarships to professional development events for booksellers from marginalized backgrounds TSA testing new screening that requires removing books from packed bags LeVar Burton reads to us in his new podcast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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#215: Minimum Viable Pottermore Jun 26, 2017

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This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about our new podcast series, Emma Watson's ascent to the Mount Rushmore of celebrity book nerds, Amazon buying Whole Foods, and much more. This episode is sponsored by: The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O Swimming Home OwlCrate Ploughshares Solos Links discussed in this episode: New Podcast Series: Annotated Emma Watson hiding books around Paris NEW JOHN GREEN Amazon Buys Whole Foods Pottermore launches official book club See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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#214: Deploy Your Nuance Jun 19, 2017

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This week, Rebecca and Jeff talk about JULIUS CAESAR backlash, Amazon being the fifth largest bookstore chain in the U.S, Trump blocking Stephen King on Twitter, and much more. This episode is sponsored by: The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O by Nicole Galland and Neal Stephenson ThirdLove Audiobooks.com Links discussed in this episode: Big-time sponsors pull support of Julius Caesar production inspired by Trump Trump Block Stephen King on Twitter 20,000 libraries participating in world’s largest book club Amazon will be fifth-largest bookstore chain Hero of the week: trainer promotes “books before boxing” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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