A Soft Spot for Barnes & Noble

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk the best-selling books of the first half of 2016, the health of Barnes & Noble, celebrity literary philanthropy, and much more. This week’s episode is sponsored by: Casper (use offer code RIOT for $50 off) and The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman   Links discussed in this episode: Dan Brown donates $300,000 pounds to digitize the books that inspired him Michael Jordan announces $500K investment in literacy  Amazon bestselling books of 2016 so far  B&N fiscal 2015 results New Republic piece on B&N US consumers getting ebook settlements