Month: April 2017

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Letterhead

BRI PR – 04-12-17

News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 12, 2017
Contact: Jenn Northington
jenn@riotnewmedia.com

BOOK RIOT ANNOUNCES INSIDERS, AN EXCLUSIVE NEW SUBSCRIBER PROGRAM
Subscriptions are now available with behind-the-scenes access, extras, deals, and more

(Brooklyn, NY) – Book Riot announced on Wednesday their new Insiders program, which will allow subscribers exclusive access to features including a curated new releases calendar, a subscribers-only forum, a podcast dedicated to the Read Harder challenge, a glimpse at operations behind-the-scene, and special deals to the Book Riot store.

“This is a project we’ve had on our minds for some time, and we’re delighted to launch it,” said editorial operations manager Jenn Northington. “Our community is full of incredible people, and we’re excited to have another way for them to interact with us and each other, as well as get some great perks!”

The perks in question are organized around common feature requests from Book Riot’s readers. For example, while there is already a thriving Goodreads group for the 2017 Read Harder Challenge, which encourages participants to step outside their usual reading comfort zones, the dedicated podcast will provide curated picks from Book Riot contributors Josh Corman and S. Zainab Williams. The New Releases Index will give subscribers an interactive, customizable way to track upcoming books, and the subscribers-only forum will give Insiders a place to compare reading notes, chat with Book Riot staff and contributors, and get personalized book recommendations.

“Book Riot is what it is today because of the passionate community of book lovers who have come together online and in person to celebrate the power of reading,” said Rebecca Schinsky, executive director of product and e-commerce. “We’re always looking for new ways to connect with readers–and to connect readers with each other–and Book Riot Insiders allows us to do that while also providing new content, tools, and digital gathering places to enrich readers’ lives.”

Readers can subscribe starting at $3 per month or $29 per year; the full list of levels and features is available at https://insiders.bookriot.com.

About Riot New Media Group, Inc:
Riot New Media Group, founded in 2011, creates communities dedicated to the idea that content around fandoms should be just as diverse as the fans are. So sometimes we are serious and sometimes we’re silly. Some of our contributors are pros. Many of them aren’t. We like a good list just as much as we like a good review, and we believe that there are smart, funny, and informative things to say about both. RNMG reaches 12MM monthly unique visitors through Book Riot, Book Riot Comics, and the Riot Ad Network.

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Insiders

Level Up With Book Riot Insiders

Looking for a way to get even more Riot-y in your reading life? We’re delighted to unveil Book Riot Insiders! We’ve got three tiers for subscribers, starting as low as $3/month, with perks galore; come join us.

Animated GIF about Insiders program

 

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The Goods

When In Doubt pre-order

You don’t need an acceptance letter from Hogwarts to rock your house colors with pride. For one week ONLY, pre-order your limited-edition When In Doubt tee and cross your heart with Hermione’s best advice.

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New Books

April New Books Megalist – The Sequel!

It’s Tuesday – you know what that means! Say it with me now: NEW BOOK DAY. And holy cats, are there so many great ones! So many, in fact, that I couldn’t narrow it down, so I’ve decided to share another GIANT list of books coming out today, so you can break your TBRs with book goodness. And on this week’s episode of the All the Books! Rebecca and I talked about a few awesome books we loved, including Shot-Blue, The Double Bind, and If We Were Villains.

This week’s newsletter is sponsored by Every Body Yoga by Jessamyn Stanley.

From the unforgettable teacher Jessamyn Stanley comes Every Body Yoga, a book that breaks all the stereotypes. It’s a book of inspiration for beginners of all shapes and sizes. It’s a book for readers already doing yoga, looking to refresh their practice. It’s a how-to book with directions for 50 basic yoga poses and 10 sequences to practice at home. It’s a book that challenges the issues of body acceptance and the meaning of beauty. Most of all, it’s a book that changes the paradigm, showing us that yoga isn’t about how one looks, but how one feels.

widow of wall streetThe Widow of Wall Street by Randy Susan Meyers

Make Trouble by John Waters

Return of the King: LeBron James, the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Greatest Comeback in NBA History by Brian Windhorst and Dave McMenamin

Abigale Hall by Lauren Forry

Canoeing with Jose by Jon Lurie

Moving the Palace by Charif Majdalani (Author), Edward Gauvin (Translator)

Tacky Goblin by T. Sean Steele

The Perfect Stranger by Megan Miranda

Alex and Eliza: A Love Story by Melissa de la Cruz

Often I Am Happy by Jens Christian Grøndahl

Cruel Is the Night by Karo Hamalainen (Author), Owen Witesman (Translator)

dig if you willDig If You Will the Picture: Funk, Sex, God and Genius in the Music of Prince by Ben Greenman

Man’s Better Angels: Romantic Reformers and the Coming of the Civil War by Philip F. Gura

Beck by Mal Peet (Author), Meg Rosoff

An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back by Elisabeth Rosenthal

Second Chances: An Inspiring Collection of Do-Overs That Have Made People’s Lives Brighter by Erin McHugh

Ella WHO? by Linda Ashman (Author), Sara Sanchez (Illustrator)

Thrawn (Star Wars) by Timothy Zahn

exesExes by Max Winter

Generation Decks: The Unofficial History of Gaming Phenomenon Magic the Gathering by Titus Chalk

In the Shadow of the White House: A Memoir of the Washington and Watergate Years, 1968-1978 by Jo Haldeman

One Perfect Lie by Lisa Scottoline

Island Home: A Landscape Memoir by Tim Winton

The Redemption of Galen Pike by Carys Davies

The Burial Hour by Jeffrey Deaver

Stuff I’ve Been Feeling Lately by Alicia Cook

long black veilLong Black Veil by Jennifer Finney Boylan

Thirteen Views of the Suicide Woods by Bracken MacLeod

Void Star by Zachary Mason

The Great Unknown: Seven Journeys to the Frontiers of Science by Marcus du Sautoy

The Trembling Answers (American Poets Continuum) by Craig Morgan Teicher

If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio

Sam Shepard: A Life by John J. Winters

The Good Byline by Jill Orr

Gifted by John Daniel

kingdom of the youngKingdom of the Young by Edie Meidav

Darwin’s First Theory: Exploring Darwin’s Quest for a Theory of Earth by Rob Wesson

Shot-Blue by Jesse Ruddock

Dangerous Ends by Alex Segura

Penance by Kanae Minato

Too Much and Not the Mood: Essays by Durga Chew-Bose

Athenian Blues by Pol Koutsakis

A $500 House in Detroit: Rebuilding an Abandoned Home and an American City by Drew Philp

Dream Magic by Joshua Kahn

tenderTender: Stories by Sofia Samatar

Three Envelopes by Nir Hezroni

Ruby Redfort Pick Your Poison by Lauren Child

Devil on the Cross (Penguin African Writers Series) by Ngugi wa Thiong’o

Where the Water Goes: Life and Death Along the Colorado River by David Owen

The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple by Jeff Guinn

Such Small Hands by Andrés Barba  (Author), Lisa Dillman  (Translator)

The Day I Died by Lori Rader-Day

Letterman: The Last Giant of Late Night by Jason Zinoman

the upsideThe Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli

Cold Welcome by Elizabeth Moon

Hourglass: Time, Memory, Marriage by Dani Shapiro

Cave Dwellers by Richard Grant

Double Bind: Women on Ambition edited by Robin Romm

My British Invasion by Harold Bronson

The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova

Music of the Ghosts by Vaddey Ratner

From Rockaway by Jill Eisenstadt

the lowellsThe Lowells of Massachusetts: An American Family by Nina Sankovitch

Signs for Lost Children by Sarah Moss

At the Lightning Field by Laura Raicovich

Fireworks by Katie Cotugno

Red Leaves by Paulina Simons

All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders (paperback)

The Midnight Assassin: The Hunt for America’s First Serial Killer by Skip Hollandsworth (paperback)

The Geography of Madness: Penis Thieves, Voodoo Death, and the Search for the Meaning of the World’s Strangest Syndromes by Frank Bures (paperback)

sunshine stateSunshine State: Essays by Sarah Gerard

The Mirror Thief by Martin Seay (paperback)

The Regional Office Is Under Attack! by Manuel Gonzales (paperback)

Grace by Natashia Deón (paperback)

Daredevils by Shawn Vestal (paperback)

Bucky F*cking Dent by David Duchovny (paperback)

YAY, BOOKS! That’s it for me today – time to get back to reading! As always, it has been a delight to share recommendations with you. And if you want to hear more about books, or give me recommendations (my current obsession is books featuring faeries), you can find me on Twitter at MissLiberty, on Instagram at FranzenComesAlive, or Litsy under ‘Liberty’!

Be excellent to each other.

Liberty

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Giveaways

Win His Alone By Alexa Riley

We have 10 copies of His Alone by Alexa Riley to give away to 10 Riot readers.

Here’s what it’s all about:

From New York Times and #1 ebook bestselling author Alexa Riley. Ryan Justice may be her boss, but nothing will stop him from making her his. Paige Turner is trying to outrun her past. Her need for Ryan got in the way of revenge, took her off course. Redirected her focus. Before she knew it, he’d made his way into her life. Into her heart. True love doesn’t let secrets as big as these stay buried. And when the truth about Paige’s father is finally exposed, Ryan will do anything to fix everything. Paige has always been his—and his alone.

Go here to enter for a chance to win, or just click the cover image below:

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This Week In Books

The Bidens’ Double Book Deals: This Week in Books

Uncle Joe is On the Way

Following in the footsteps of their presidential partners, Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, have secured a joint book deal with Macmillan imprint Flatiron Books. The contract reportedly went into at least seven figures and will include two books from the former veep and one from Jill. No release dates have been set. If you need us, we’ll be over here hoping for a the Bidens will team up with the Obamas for a joint book tour of unspeakable coolness. (Do it for the memes, Joe!)

First “Official” Black Lives Matter Memoir in the Works

Speaking of exciting developments at Macmillan! Patrisse Cullors, a cofounder of the Black Lives Matter movement, has inked a high-six-figure deal (with cowriter and journalist asha bandele) for her memoir, When They Call You a Terrorist. St. Martin’s Press executive editor Monique Patterson won the book at auction, competing against six other houses. Angela Davis will write the foreword.

For the hat trick: This week, Macmillan launched Reading Without Walls, an initiative to encourage kids and their parents, teachers, and librarians to expand their literary horizons. If you’ve seen Book Riot’s own Read Harder Challenge, you know we love this idea.

A Map of Aural Tendencies

This week in Cool Interactive Tech with Questionable Methodology: Audible released data (kind of) about the relative popularity of various audiobook genres across the U.S. Have a scroll and see how much your state digs horror, sci-fi, humor, and more. We’d love to have a peek at the raw data that went into this, but given Amazon’s notorious reluctance to release actual numbers for, well, anything, we’ll have to be content with interesting approximations.

Thanks to Strong is the New Pretty by Kate T. Parker for sponsoring This Week in Books.

Girls being fearless. Girls being silly. Girls being wild, stubborn, and proud. Girls whose faces are smeared with dirt and lit up with joy. Strong Is the New Pretty celebrates, through more than 175 memorable photographs, the strength and spirit of girls being 100% themselves. Real beauty isn’t about being a certain size, acting a certain way, wearing the right clothes, or having your hair done (or even brushed). Real beauty is about being your authentic self and owning it.

 

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Riot Rundown

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Today’s Riot Rundown is sponsored by Blood Rose Rebellion by Rosalyn Eves.

Sixteen-year-old Anna is a member of the ruling class who control all magic through an ancient master spell. But she is unable to perform even the simplest magic. All she can do is break spells—by accident. Her family sends her to Hungary where she meets a mysterious boy (or two), comes face-to-face with “The Rebellion” that wants to use her to free magic for all, and confronts the extent of her own powers. What Anna wants more than anything is to belong in her own world. But she may instead be the key to tearing the world apart.

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Giveaways

Toward a Secret Sky by Heather Maclean

 

 

We have 10 copies of Toward a Secret Sky by Heather Maclean to give away to 10 Riot readers.

Here’s what its all about:

Toward a Secret Sky by New York Times bestselling author Heather Maclean is a fast-paced thriller that mixes reality with possibility, blending an epic romance with a breathless flight through the highlands of Scotland, the secret city under London, and history itself.

Go here to enter for a chance to win, or just click the cover image below:

 

 

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The Goods

Book Mail 4 second push – Your TBR in a Box!

In the mood for a reading adventure? We’ve got book mail ready for you!

In the new Book Mail box, get two surprise books and a selection of awesome bookish gifts to rock your reading life.

Not so much for surprises? That’s cool, too. We’ve saved some extras of past boxes just for you.

Go meta with the books-in-books box, which includes a rad personal library kit!

Get spellbound with the magic & myth box. What’s more magical than floating bookshelves?

Or tap into your funky side with the strange & peculiar YA box.

Big changes are coming to Book Mail soon. Get in on the action!

 

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Giveaways

Giveaway: Marlena By Julie Buntin

We have 10 copies of Marlena by Julie Buntin to give away to 10 Riot readers.

Here’s what it’s about:

An electric debut novel about love, addiction, and loss; the story of two girls and the feral year that will cost one her life, and define the other’s for decades

Everything about fifteen-year-old Cat’s new town in rural Michigan is lonely and off-kilter, until she meets her neighbor, the manic, beautiful, pill-popping Marlena. Cat is quickly lured into Marlena’s orbit, and as she catalogues a litany of firsts—first drink, first cigarette, first kiss, first pill—Marlena’s habits harden and calcify. Within the year, Marlena is dead, drowned in six inches of icy water in the woods. When a ghost from that pivotal year surfaces unexpectedly, Cat must try to forgive herself and move on, even as the memory of Marlena keeps her tangled in the past.

Go here to enter for a chance to win a copy, or just click the cover image below. Good luck!