About this episode
Jeff and Rebecca discuss various AI-related stories and recent reading trends, including notable book awards and publishing news.
Jeff and Rebecca talk about the full Guardian Best Novels of All-Time List, The International Book Prize Winner, a whole rat's nest of AI-related stories, recent reading, and more. To show our appreciation for your time, everyone who completes the survey will be entered for a chance to win a $50 USD ThriftBooks Gift Card. 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. Discussed in this episode: Kobo is integrating StoryGraph Judge delays payout of $1.5 billion settlement in Anthropic AI case James Daunt open to selling AI-written books in Barnes & Noble stores Commonwealth Prize honors short story collections that appears to have been written with AI Book on truth in the age of AI contains quotes written by AI Audio in Color nonprofit grants funding to independent romance authors to self-pub their audiobooks Amazon ending support for Kindles from 2012 and prior (thanks to listener Carl for the tip) And here’s how some Kindle users are working around it This content contains affiliate links. When…
People in this episode
Hosts: Jeff, Rebecca
Topics covered
- AI in literature
- book awards
- reading trends
- publishing news
- technology impact on reading
Keywords
- AI
- reading
- book awards
- publishing
- Kindles
- Anthropic
- Barnes & Noble
- ThriftBooks
- Merit Beauty
Sponsors
Merit Beauty
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Guardian, International Book Prize, Anthropic, Barnes & Noble, Commonwealth Prize, Audio in Color, Amazon, ThriftBooks, Kobo
Products: Kindles
Books & works: Book on truth in the age of AI
More episodes of Book Riot - The Podcast
- The Messy Power Couple of the Harlem Renaissance · June 10, 2026 · 47 min
- Best Books of the Year So Far Lists Have Begun. PLUS: Dr. Maria McCauley of the ALA · June 8, 2026 · 1h 11m
- The It Books of June 2026 · June 3, 2026 · 55 min
- The Summer Slowdown is Here · June 1, 2026 · 1h 0m
- 2026 Summer Adaptation Preview · May 27, 2026 · 52 min
- The Hot List for May 2026 · May 20, 2026 · 48 min
Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the Book Riot - The Podcast podcast page.