This week, Rebecca and Amanda talk about the latest numbers on ebook growth, the Kafka-esque story of what’s happening to Kafka’s papers, Zadie Smith’s forthcoming space movie, and more. This episode is sponsored by The Bones of You by Debbie Howells, Scribd, Mãn by Kim Thúy, and Audible.

Links discussed:

Ebook growth mostly flat

Crazy Kafka-esque story of what’s happening to Kafka’s papers

GamerGate tries to recruit Judy Blume

Texas library under fire for LGBTQ kids’ books display

Google Ventures’ children’s books

Ray Bradbury’s old home turned into bookends

Zadie Smith co-writing a space movie

Charleston’s new mobile bookstore

New Books!

Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older

Paperback: Preparing the Ghost by Matthew Gavin Frank, How to Tell Toledo From the Night Sky by Lydia Netzer