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‘Something quirky to insert’: What’s up with Colleen Hoover’s obsession with marine-grade polymer?

Angela Andaloro proudly serves as a scribe, documenting all the shenanigans happening online. Her writing has been featured across Entertainment Weekly, PEOPLE, BuzzFeed, and more.

Angela Andaloro

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Here’s why BookTok is obsessed with the ‘Turn to Page 30 Challenge’

Stacey Nguyen is a lifestyle and entertainment writer based in California. You can find her work on Real Simple, InStyle, BuzzFeed, PopSugar, and other sites.

Stacey Nguyen

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The Kindle girlie aesthetic is dominating BookTok—here’s what you need to know about it

Brooke Sjoberg is a freelance writer who graduated with her Bachelors in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020.

Brooke Sjoberg

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‘They scammin the babies’: Mom calls out Scholastic book fair after what they sold her daughter

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‘Someone needs to get fired’: Target shopper orders 3 queer books online. They sent a Bible

Braden Bjella is a culture writer. His work can be found in Mixmag, Electronic Beats, Schon! magazine, and more.

Braden Bjella

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‘With the added step of giving your money to RuPaul’: Allstora called out for allegedly dropshipping books under the guise of bookstore for ‘marginalized voices’

Stacy Fernández is a freelance writer, project manager and communications specialist. She’s worked at The Texas Tribune, The Dallas Morning News and run social for The Education Trust New York. Her favorite hobby is finding hidden gems at the thrift store, she loves a good audio book and is a chocolate enthusiast.

Stacy Fernandez

Parent says they had to sign permission slip for their child to be able to listen to a book by a Black person

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‘This should alarm EVERYONE’: Parent says they had to sign permission slip for their child to be able to listen to a book by a Black person

Audra Schroeder&#8217;s work has previously appeared in the Austin Chronicle, the Dallas Observer, NPR, ESPN, Bitch, and the Village Voice.

Audra Schroeder

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‘Broken trust’: Former Scholastic employee blasts ‘opt-in’ button for diverse books

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw was a staff writer at the Daily Dot, covering geek culture and fandom. Specializing in sci-fi movies and superheroes, she also appears as a film and TV critic on BBC radio. Elsewhere, she co-hosts the pop culture podcast Overinvested. Follow her on Twitter: @Hello_Tailor

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Amazon’s ebook charts are full of AI-generated spam

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‘I am not upset. I’m enraged’: Administration asked school librarian to take down banned books display after one parent complained

Kaiya Shunyata is a Black Canadian freelance journalist and academic. Their work focuses on film, music and how queerness intersects with the two mediums. Their work has appeared on Gal-Dem, RogerEbert.com and Letterboxd and more.

Kaiya Shunyata

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BookTok’s infatuation with ‘sad girl’ novels is as complex as the books themselves

Moises Mendez II is a recent graduate from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. He is a freelance journalist based in New York City writing about everything from music to LGBTQ issues.

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‘Could have been used or donated’: TikToker finds ‘massive amount’ of books thrown out while dumpster-diving at Half Price Books in viral video

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‘Corporations NEED TO DO BETTER’: TikToker exposes Walgreens for ripping the covers off unsold books

Tricia Crimmins is a former Senior Reporter on the politics and tech team covering discrimination, identity, and the 2024 election. She can be found on Twitter at @TriciaCrimmins.

Tricia Crimmins

A TikToker showed footage of a current Scholastic Book Fair and viewers were unimpressed.

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‘Thank God I grew up in the early 2000s’: Viral TikTok of modern-day book fair disappoints viewers

Tiffanie Drayton is a geek culture and lifestyle reporter whose work covers everything from gender and race to anime and Xbox. Her work has appeared in Complex, Salon, Marie Claire, and elsewhere.

Tiffanie Drayton

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Fake Jordan Peterson meat-only diet book at the top of Amazon’s ‘Toxicology’ section (updated)

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