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Book Riot - The Podcast

UPDATED The Audiobook Wars Rage On, Big ACOTAR Announcement, and More

Book Riot - The Podcast

Riot New Media Group, Inc

Arts, News, Books, News Commentary, Tv & Film

4.4 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2026

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Jeff and Rebecca talk about the big ACOTAR update, Audible dropping the price on its standard product, market trends, recent reading, and much more. Follow the podcast via ⁠RSS⁠, ⁠Apple Podcasts⁠, and ⁠Spotify⁠. Join ⁠The Book Riot Podcast Patreon⁠ for bonus content and ad-free listening. Subscribe to ⁠The Book Riot Newsletter⁠ for regular updates to get the most out of your reading life. The Book Riot Podcast is a proud member of the Airwave Podcast Network. Discussed in this episode: ⁠Shout-out to this Aeon piece about how we’re thinking about the decline of literacy wrong⁠ ⁠Sarah J. Maas announces next 2 ACOTAR books⁠ ⁠Market trends from Circana’s report to booksellers⁠ ⁠Audible has launched a Standard Membership Plan for $8.99/month⁠ ⁠2026 Audie Award winners⁠ ⁠Utah has banned 4 more books from public schools⁠ ⁠Lee & Low pauses diversity baseline survey to focus on fighting book bans⁠ ⁠First comprehensive report on the state of America’s Black-owned bookstores⁠ This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Hi, I'm Cassidy. And I'm April. And together we are fashion historians, friends, and co-hosts of

0:36.0

Dress, The History of Fashion,

0:41.9

a podcast about why the clothes we wear matter throughout history and around the world.

0:45.7

From the cultural and societal to the personal and often political,

0:50.8

with each episode we explore the multitude of meanings, quite literally sewn into the clothes we wear. Please join us in unraveling the hidden histories residing in your closet.

0:55.6

New episodes are available on Wednesdays and our dressed classic episodes re-air each Friday

1:00.6

on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever else you listen to your favorite shows.

1:09.0

This is the Bookeride podcast. I'm Jeff O'Neill.

1:11.4

And I'm Rebecca Schinsky.

1:13.4

Regular old news week, Rebecca.

1:15.2

We're here.

1:16.0

We're back in the saddle.

1:16.9

It feels like a lot of news this week. Was it just me?

1:19.5

No, it does. I was looking at our agenda has a lot of items.

1:22.4

Many of them have like real substance to get into.

1:25.9

There was no like one big, dominating news story of the week,

1:30.1

but it feels like we are really like in the swing. The year has finally sprung, I think,

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