Whether your summer plans include a vacation to the beach or a “staycation” in your backyard, ’tis the season for relaxing and reading. Today we’re kicking off a summer-long book. John, Celeste and a few Takeaway contributors have posted their their top five summer books on our blog. We’re starting our summer of reading with a conversation about summer books, both from a reader’s perspective and from a publisher’s perspective. With us here in the studio is Patrik Henry Bass, Takeaway contributor and senior editor at Essence magazine. Also with us is Jason Boog, publishing editor at Mediabistro and editor of publishing blogs Galley Cat and eBookNewser.