Hi, book lovers. This is Ellen Hildebrand, best-selling author of 30 books, including The Hotel Mantucket and The Perfect Couple.

And this is Tim Arenberg, creator of Tim Talks Books, and you're listening to Books, Beach and Beyond, presented by N Magazine.

We'll be diving into the wonderful world of books and featuring special guests

from bestselling and award-winning writers, publishing industry insiders, agents and editors,

book influencers, and more. There's nothing Ellen and I love more than talking about books.

And our favorite question to ask each other is, what are you reading? But we'll go

even further here on the show, exploring the craft of writing, the process of book publishing,

and that wonderful connection a reader has with a favorite book. But before we head into our episode,

we want to take this opportunity to thank our incredible premier sponsors, Nantucket Book Partners,

Marine Home Center, the Nantucket Hotel, Cartelina, and Nantucket Looms. Without their generous

support, we wouldn't be able to bring you these fascinating conversations with some of the

most dynamic leaders from the book world. So thank you.

And now, on to the show.

Hello, Ellen.

Hi, Tim.

How's your summer going?

It's hot.

And there's so much traffic.

So much traffic.

I hate complaining about traffic on Nantucket because it's only four miles wide and 13 miles long.

But, I mean, it's bad. Especially people who live in the city.

Yeah, it's bad. So I want to talk today about book influencers. Where do you get your book recommendations?

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