Americans Want To Read More Books. Or Do They?

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4.3 • 965 Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Jeff and Rebecca talk about a big new survey of Americans' feelings about reading, before talking about a small but interesting change at PW, recent reading, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. Sign up for the Book Riot Podcast Newsletter and follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky. Get more industry news with our Today in Books daily newsletter. Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations who have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Get started for only $18 at mytbr.co! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this Episode: The Book Riot Podcast Patreon The Book Riot Podcast on Instagram The Book Riot Podcast Newsletter Email your Moms, Dads, and Grads Recommendations to podcast (at) bookriot (dot) com. New NPR/Ipsos poll shows most Americans want to read more…and just don’t PW now charging for review consideration Laura McGrath on how publishing industry demographics compare to US population Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The new £5 pound meal deal from McDonald's.
0:02.5	Get a cheeseburger or mayo chicken, medium fries, four McNuggets and a medium soft drink for guess what?
0:08.3	That's right, five pounds!
0:10.0	It's not called the £5 meal deal for nothing.
0:14.9	From 11am. Not available on delivery.
0:16.6	Carbonated soft drink upgrade fees apply.
0:18.2	Participating restaurants, subjects availability.
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0:44.0	Adobe Express, the quick and easy create anything app.
0:51.0	This is the book drive podcast. I'm Jeff O'Neill.
0:53.6	And I'm Rebecca Shinsky. It's a busy week. I don't know if it was. I'm covering today in books this week and there was a lot. It was a target rich environment. We've got a lot to talk about here, Rebecca. April, I guess, is this a busy month? It feels like there's news all over the place. Yeah, it feels like a good, steady news cycle.
1:12.6	Like there hasn't been one huge story that has dominated publishing this week or in the last
1:17.9	couple of weeks, but just a steady drip. Things are happening. The wheels are turning. Books are
1:22.5	coming out. People are fighting book bands. We're talking about stuff. Right. Let's see.
1:29.5	Programming notes.
1:30.7	You drop something here.
1:31.7	I was going to drop this into.
1:35.0	It's not a link, but it's a fact that came from Publishers Lunch.
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