Circuit Court Declares Texas Book Ban Law Unconstitutional, Barnes & Noble Opening New Stores, LA Public Library Buys a Publishing House, and more

Book Riot - The Podcast

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4.3 • 965 Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Jeff and Rebecca talk about some good legal news, B&N's announced plans to open 50 new stores, quashing (and starting?) some Argylle authorship rumors, the LAPL getting into the publishing game, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: Sign up for Better Living Through Books and the BR Pod newsletter First Edition! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Big win: Fifth Circuit declares Texas book bans unconstitutional Anti-book ban bill introduced in New Mexico and Massachusetts, may their efforts succeed Argylle director shuts down the T Swift conspiracy theory Barnes & Noble to open 50 new stores this year LA Public Library acquires indie publisher Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by Bird's Eye Chicken Dippers.
0:05.0	Whether you like cooking or parenting podcasts, it's safe to say we've all got different tastes,
0:10.0	and that's fine.
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0:21.8	dipers at a major supermarket today.
0:24.0	For chicken worth dipping, it better be bird's eye.
0:30.0	This is the Bookwright Podcast. I'm Jeff O'Neil.
0:33.0	And I'm Rebecca Shinsky.
0:35.0	And today we're talking about the biggest win we've had yet for the war on book bands.
0:42.0	We're going to talk about Taylor Swift some more, believe it or not.
0:46.0	Barnes and Noble opening new stores, a public library getting into publishing,
0:50.0	and the rest of what we find to be the most interesting book stories of the week.
0:55.6	Rebecca having said that we are both of us to various degrees subject to Jack Frost
1:00.9	over the last few days.
1:01.8	How are you holding up?
1:02.4	Have you been outside? What's your sweater situation? Give me all the time. I have worn every item of marino wool clothing that I own in the last couple of days, but I'm quite warm.
1:13.6	You know, we talked about our love for Smart Wool socks on one of our best of the rest episodes
1:18.4	a year or so ago, and so I'm just living in the Smart Wool zone.
1:22.0	It was 15 degrees yesterday morning when I got up and
1:25.0	today it was like 40. So we're on the up and up here. Things have thawed.
1:29.1	Everyone in Virginia is back safely driving or driving as safely as they ever do.
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