#278: Finally, Gravitas

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🗓️ 17 September 2018

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

This week, Jeff and Rebecca mull Barnes & Noble's current "plan," show their ignorance of the bookselling landscape in the United Kingdom, marvel at the sales figures of Bob Woodward's Fear, and much more. This episode is sponsored by: The Great American Read Upgrade Soul by Ezra Clayton Daniels The Real Lolita by Sarah Weinman The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton Links discussed in this episode: Book Riot's TBR For some reason, Barnes & Noble sees better times ahead Waterstones buys Foyles Strong start for Woodward’s FEAR Customer wins bookstore in raffle Owners of Ripped Bodice bookstore sign overall deal with Sony Pictures TV Data! Study of NYT’s “By the Book” column shows male writers are FOUR TIMES more likely to recommend books by men See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:59.6	This is the Book Riot Podcast, a weekly news and talk show about what's new, cool, and worth talking about in the world of books and reading.
1:10.0	This is episode 278, recording on Wednesday, September 12th.
1:15.0	I'm Jeff O'Neill. I'm here with Rebecca Shinsky.
1:17.0	We're coming to you from Book Riot.
1:19.0	Hello, hello.
1:20.0	We're going to hit 300, I guess around Christmas time, where are we?
1:23.4	It's September now, so we got, yeah, something like that.
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