First Edition
Jeff O'NealBookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O'Neal explores the wide bookish world. Interviews, lists, rankings, retrospectives, recommendations, and much more, featuring people who know and love books.
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| Issues | 11 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | a year ago |
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The First Ever First Edition Giveaway!
I am giving away a stack of books that have been featured on First Edition so far in 2025 (or will be very, very soon).
Here is the stack of books the winner will get:
All you have to do to enter is be signed up for the First Edition ema...
Thank You & A Giveaway
My goal was to shoot a little life into First Edition in 2025 and so far I am really happy with the results. What am I doing differently? First off, I am publishing more episodes. Really as many as I want. Some weeks there have even been tw...
13 Ways of Talking to An Author
I’m Jeff O’Neal, co-founder and CEO of BookRiot.com. First Edition is my new podcast “exploring the wide bookish world.” A a couple of people have referred to it as a Bookish Variety Show, which though there isn’t any singing and dancing, I...
And the Author is....
In the last post, I teased the subject of the next episode of First Edition. And now that the episode is live, you can see the answer.
A few things you will learn in this episode:
Thanks for reading First Edition! Subscribe for free to r...
A Bibliotaph is...what?
Time for a round-up of bookish links I’ve collected over the last week or so….
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11 Bookish Words for Book Lovers
definition : one that hides away or hoards books
We all know one (or we are one). The term bibliotaph comes from Fren...
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