Search for “wil wheaton amber benson audiobook verge” and their story on the book and its sequel should be the first thing that pops up.
Oh, the sequel to Lock In, by Scalzi. I haven’t read Lock In yet, but I know about it. It would probably have been a Hugo nominee except a whole bunch of right wing types banded together to vote for books that were less inclusivity-minded. They were successful, and Scalzi was one who lost out. Here’s an article from the time it was happening.