All right, welcome to the Book Riot Podcast, weekly news and talk show about what's new, cool,

and we're talking about the world of books and reading.

Today is Thursday, November 18th, 2021. I'm Jeff O'Neill here with Rebecca Shinsky coming to you from BookRaya.com.

It's going to be a tight 40 today. We've got quite a bit of like news you want to mention,

but not a lot to delve into too much before we get started.

Today, not today, but holiday rec recommendation requests are closed.

Don't email says I'm sorry, those are closed. We've got plenty to work with and couldn't get to them even if you emailed at this point. Also, a week from today, we will be shutting down the ability to download our fall preview draft on gumroad there

there we can go to book right dot com slash fall draft last bit of housekeeping

we're hiring a sit advertising sales manager.

So if you like books and comics,

does helping advertisers who want to reach an enthusiastic community of books and

comics lovers excite you, or maybe even just the idea of it maybe is interested in exciting you this job may be free especially if you have prior sales or account manager experience so that's not necessary

we are committed to building an inclusive workforce, strongly encourage applications for women,

individuals disability, and people of color.

Health benefits, retirement benefits, 160 hours of annual PTO are just some of the benefits

you can expect to apply

visit book write.com slash join dash us link in the show notes is probably easier

apply by December 5th. Today's episode is brought to you by Flat Iron Books, publisher of the Cautious Travelers Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah Brooks.

So this one is really interesting. It's a little creepy. There's some mystery to it. So it's about people who travel across this area called the wastelands. The way they travel across the

wastelands is by the Trans-Siberian Express, which is a train that is famous for

its luxury as well as its danger. The train is never short of passengers eager to catch sight of

wastelands creatures, but on the train's last journey something went horribly wrong and no one seems to remember what it was. So now the train is

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