Jeff O'Neal
Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief at Book Riot
Host at Book Riot - The Podcast
CEO & co-founder, https://t.co/QT1C0wuVnL. Back on this website mostly to try to interview you for @firstedpod. Yes, you.
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2 weeks ago |
bookriot.com | Jeff O'Neal
Today in Books gathers a bunch of news from around the internet, but we cover some stories ourselves. Here’s what we were tracking this week. Amid the court battle over the future of the IMLS, Trump issued a budget proposal for 2026 that would make any of the legal decisions moot: the IMLS would simply be defunded. Much of this was seen in generalities until now. Late last week, the details of what this might look like have emerged.
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2 weeks ago |
flipboard.com | Jeff O'Neal
2 hours agoShe’s the author of “Say You’ll Remember Me” and six other romance novels. She owns three bakeries. She’s also really tired. A middle-aged man in a black polo shirt approached Abby Jimenez at Nadia Cakes, the bakery she owns in Maple Grove, Minn. “Excuse me,” he said, “can I get a picture with you? …
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3 weeks ago |
bookriot.com | Jeff O'Neal
It was a pretty busy week in the book world this week. Best books of the year lists are starting, some AI messes, and more. See what you might have missed. I think there are interesting use cases for AI and LLMs. This might put me in the minority among folks who work in book media. I also think that it is the greatest cheat yet invented in the age of the electron. Both of these things can be true.
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3 weeks ago |
bookriot.com | Jeff O'Neal
Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. I really didn’t know what to expect from Michelle Obama’s next book. Becoming was a sensation, but it didn’t seem like it left a lot of meat on the bone for more memoir/autobiography.
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3 weeks ago |
bookriot.com | Jeff O'Neal
I have always been fascinated by the phrase “sold at auction” when hearing about an author placing their manuscript at a publisher. I understand of course what an auction is, but never gave a lot of thought to how exactly these literary auctions work. So when I was reading Kate McKean’s forthcoming book, Write Through It: An Insider’s Guide to Publishing and the Creative Life, the section on the mechanics of the two types of auctions jumped out to me.
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