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Book Hype Podcast

Episode #29 – Karen Knows Nothing

Hosted by Jen, Karen, and Marama

January 14, 2014


Book Hype hosts Jen, Karen, and Marama join together to talk about news and book deals.

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What are we reading right now?
Shovel Ready by Adam Sternbergh
Red by Alison Cherry
Tape by Steven Camden
Franklin and Eleanor by Hazel Rowley
The Well’s End by Seth Fishman

What will we be reading next?
These Broken Stars by Meagan Spooner and Amie Kaufman
-We’ll discuss this in two weeks! (Tuesday, January 28)

Book Bites
-It’s Book Thief Day! (For Marama, at least)
-Do we read books before or after we go to see their adaptations?
-Do we seek out books after we watch the movies?
-Is Game of Thrones an exception to the “must read before you watch” rule?

Book News
Ned Vizzini has passed away
Scribd gets called out for pirated books
Barnes and Noble is having a hard time with sales
-Nook versus Kindle?
-Will bookstores ever totally go away?
Bookish sold to Zola online bookseller
Can an algorithm predict a book’s success?
Quirky conundrums for booklovers

New book deals
Pram by Lauren DeStefano
Bluescreen by Dan Wells
My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday stories, edited by Stephanie Perkins
Knockout Games by G. Neri

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