A dynamic, outspoken advocate for the written word, Tumblr’s Rachel Fershleiser works to bring the book industry to the Internet, and to remind the tech industry that books still exist. How Tumblr’s cross-stitching, soup-loving lit fanatics are creating an entirely new community of readers, keys for authors to relax and enjoy social media, and a whooooole lot of book recommendations.
Listen to the podcast here, or download it on iTunes or Stitcher.
Find more of my conversation with Rachel - including her tips for throwing a kick-ass in-person bookstore event - here!
Rachel Fershleiser Show Notes
Housing Works Bookstore Cafe in NY
Eat Your Feelings: Stories of Food, Jews & Your Mom, with Jami Attenberg and friends
Booksmith, Book People, and Tattered Cover (bookstores)
Stock Tips zine Kickstarter
Tumblr's Reblog Book Club
ELEANOR AND PARK and FANGIRL by Rainbow Rowell
Gingerhaze on Tumblr (Noelle Stevenson)
Simini Blocker on Tumblr
Ampersand from YadyKates on Etsy
YA Highway on Tumblr
WeNeedDiverseBooks campaign
Emily Schultz, author of JOYLAND, Spending Stephen King’s Money
SO MUCH PRETTY by Cara Hoffman
President Obama Tumblr Q&A
YA author Leigh Bardugo
Hot Key Books Young Writers competition, previous winner Katie Coyle
Emily Hughes, who runs Random House’s Tumblr
THE MAN OF MY DREAMS by Curtis Sittenfeld
Tana French, Gillian Flynn, Megan Abbott, Laura Lippman
NOBODY IS EVER MISSING by Catherine Lacey
HIGH AS THE HORSES’ BRIDLES by Scott Cheshire
Emily Gould, author and co-owner of Emily Books
Celeste Ng, author