Book Riot - The Podcast

Jeff and Rebecca talk about a relatively sleepy week in book news, but James Daunt bails us out by not shutting up about AI books that don't exist.

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Discussed in this episode:

James Daunt clarifies B & N’s position on AI

GoFundMe for Gladys Books & Wine

Spotify’s audiobooks play is working

Audiobooks on YouTube are publishing’s latest piracy problem

People are not happy about publishers updating YA books w/ timely references

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Jeff and Rebecca preview summer adaptations to check out this year.

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Jeff and Rebecca talk about the full Guardian Best Novels of All-Time List, The International Book Prize Winner, a whole rat's nest of AI-related stories, recent reading, and more.

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Discussed in this episode:

Kobo is integrating StoryGraph

Judge delays payout of $1.5 billion settlement in Anthropic AI case

James Daunt open to selling AI-written books in Barnes & Noble stores

Commonwealth Prize honors short story collections  that appears to have been written with AI

Book on truth in the age of AI contains quotes written by AI

Audio in Color nonprofit grants funding to independent romance authors to self-pub their audiobooks

Amazon ending support for Kindles from 2012 and prior (thanks to listener Carl for the tip) 

And here’s how some Kindle users are working around it

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Jeff and Rebecca talk about what books are making waves as summer gets rolling.

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Jeff and Rebecca note The Guardian's new collaborative list of the 100 greatest novels of all time, ponder PRH's delivery of "a strong business performance, updated our Fourth Wing Ever Gets Adapted odds, and more.

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Discussed in this episode:

The Guardian running down the 100 best novels of all time

PRH reports strong first quarter

Amazon has ordered the Fourth Wing adaptation to series, no casting news yet

Florence Pugh to star in Midnight Library adaptation

Margo’s Got Money Troubles picked up for season 2

Good Omens is back to wrap things up without Neil Gaiman

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