Nathan Bransford | Writing, Book Editing, Publishing
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This week! Books! First up, in case you missed it: Really sad news arrived this week as longtime publishing industry man about town Porter Anderson passed away. I’m sure many of you will remember Porter from the comments section here, his work with Jane Friedman on The Hot Sheet, his work editing Publishing Perspectives, or […]
I launched this poll in 2007. The first Kindle had recently been released. iPads didn’t even exist yet!! It’s been interesting to see how feelings toward e-books have evolved through the years, from a surge of initial e-book optimism, followed by a resurgence of print, and some renewed interest in e-books during the pandemic, followed […]
It’s Giving Tuesday today, and this year, I hope you’ll join my 17th annual push to support Heifer International, an organization devoted to fighting hunger. With hunger persisting around the world, their work remains extremely important. I also want to encourage you to join me in donating to the wonderful organization We Need Diverse Books, which has […]
We writers can sometimes get so caught up in our characters and settings that we forget that we are not actually transcribing the events in an alternate world. We are storytelling. As such, it’s crucial to remember the reader on the other side of the scenes you’re constructing. In my editing work, I often see […]
Those of us in the United States are prepping our systems for turkey and stuffing, and I hope wherever you are, you have a safe and contented Thanksgiving. I’m very thankful for all of you, and appreciate But wait, there’s more! It’s almost time for our December office hours (exclusively for newsletter subscribers!) at 6pm […]
This week! Books! Sourcebooks Cracks the Big Five – Katy Hershberger, Publishers Lunch – Lots of caveats here, as Sourcebooks is 75% owned by behemoth Penguin Random House, and as Jane Friedman noted in her newsletter, they do quite a few print deals with self-published authors who retain e-book rights. But it’s still a pretty […]
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