Jeff and Jenn talk about Baker & Taylor getting out of the retail distribution business (and why you might care), Audible's Alexa experiment, the Tolkien estate being utterly predictable, and more. This episode is sponsored by: The Great Courses Plus Audible Lola (use offer code BOOKRIOT for 40% off) Kindle Unlimited Links discussed in this episode: Baker & Taylor exiting retail distribution Tolkien estate disavows "Tolkien" The Blood Heir controversy The Smallest Barnes & Noble Audible's Alexa Customer Support Experiment Barnes & Noble Launches YA Book Club 1 Game of Thrones Prequel Series Bites the Dust Companion Manuscript to A Clockwork Orange Found James Patterson to donate $1.25 million to school libraries and teachers Obamas' Netflix docket is decidedly bookish The Toni Morrison documentary See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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