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This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk LGBQT diversity in YA, the overall health of the publishing industry, a good year for humble bundle, the IT books of 2014, and more. This week’s episode is sponsored by Squarespace, TryAudiobooks.com, and X: A Novel by Ilyasah Shabazz and Kekla Magoon. You can subscribe to the podcast in iTunes (click here) or via RSS (link here). You can also download a free dedicated app for iOS or for Android. Links discussed in the show: Follow up: James Patterson makes good on donations to indie bookstores  Stats on LGBT diversity in YA Best Of YA lists 2011 vs 2014 Book sales up 4.9% in first three quarters of 2014 Humble Bundle generated over $4 million this year Amazon “suppresses” novel b/c of too many hyphens ____________________________

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