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Independent bookstores are doing well. Amazon is now the most valuable company in the world. But what of Barnes & Noble and the big chain bookstore? In this episode, how Barnes & Noble became a dominant force, why its not now, and what the future of the big bookstore could be.

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The Similars by Rebecca Hanover

The One You Fight For by Roni Loren

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Jesse's Indigo Powerpoint

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As part of Book Riot's Recommended podcast series, Grady Hendrix talked about what makes Ulysses his favorite book. We present it as an interlude as a follow-up to Annotated episode #4, "The United States v. One Book Called Ulysses."

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In this episode, we profile the most famous American writer you probably never heard of--Edna Ferber.

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Penguin Random House Audio

Penguin Random House Audio's Holiday Guide

Books mentioned in this episode:

So Big by Edna Ferber

Ferber and Her Circle by Julie Gilbert

Mood Indigo by Ed Ifkovic

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Book Riot's All the Books Podcast

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People don't read as much as they used to. At least that's what people say. But is it true? And if they are reading less, why does it matter? Or does it matter? And the internet is bad for reading right? These questions in this episode.

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Park Row Books and Evergreen Tidings from the Baumgartners by Gretchen Anthony

Penguin Random House Audio

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Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in the Digital Age by Maryanne Wolf

Part of Our Lives: A People's History of the American Public Library by Wayne Wiegand

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The story of how Andrew Carnegie transformed the public library in America.

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Vampires Like It Hot by Lynsay Sands

A Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney

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Carnegie Libraries by George Bobinski

Andrew Carnegie by David Nasaw

Part of Our Lives: A People's History of the American Public Library by Wayne Wiegand

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The story of how Louis Braille brought reading to the blind.

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TBR

The Dutch Wife by Ellen Keith

The Summer List by Amy Mason Doan

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The National Braille Press

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Last month, a large used book collection and distribution company suddenly went out of business, leaving a hole in the local used book ecosystem. In this episode, we follow that story into the modern world of used book-selling.

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Warlight written by Michael Ondaatje, author of The English Patient and read by British actor Steve West

Do This For Me written and read by Eliza Kennedy

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In 1975, Truman Capote published a short story in Esquire magazine that led a New York socialite to commit suicide and the fallout effectively ended Capote's literary career. This is the story of the story, "La Cote Basque 1965."

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Gun Love by Jennifer Clement and read by Imani Parks

Further Reading:

The Ten Restaurants that Changed America by Paul Freedman

Tru Life by Danny Heitman

Truman Capote by George Plimpton

Capote: A Biography by Gerald Clarke

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Last fall, a woman with no prior political experience decided to run for city commission in her small college-town. So she went to the library, checked out a book called How to Win a Local Election. And she did. This is her story and the story of the book that helped her win.

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The Punishment She Deserves written by Elizabeth George and read by award-winning narrator Simon Vance

Win the 10 Best Books About Books of 2017

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In a shocking development, the 2018 Nobel Prize for Literature will not be awarded. In this episode, we explore what happened, how it happened, and what might happen still.

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Penguin Random House Audio

Educated written by Tara Westover and read by Julia Whelan

Further Reading:

The Nobel Prize in Literature: Where Do We Go From Here? by Erika Kern

The Nobel Prize by Burton Feldman

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