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This week! Books! We’re easing into summer, typically a quieter time in publishing, but I found some links for you. The Rise of Ragebait Lit – Maris Kreizman, Harper’s Bazaar – Are people talking about books again?? Gulliver’s Warning – Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books – Happy three hundredth birthday to Jonathan […]
A good “comp title” can help put a literary agent or reader in the right mindset when you’re trying to pitch your book. A bad one may leave their eyes glazing over. In the past, comp titles were broadly optional, but they’ve become more and more essential in a tighter marketplace. Above all, if you’re […]
This week! Books! Dad Books Are a Dying Breed – Pamela Paul and Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg, Wall Street Journal / Are hardback books things of ‘great beauty’ or a dying art? – Jasmine Ketibuah-Foley and David Smith, The BBC – As I like to say, the sky has been falling in publishing every year for […]
It’s the end of an era. I’ve decided to shutter the discussion forums at forums.nathanbransford.com, which I launched way back in 2009. Quite a lot has changed on the ole Internet during that time, and it’s been a herculean effort through time to beat back incessant waves of spam (shout out to John Shea for […]
So. You have a finished and polished manuscript for fiction, or a finished and polished book proposal for nonfiction. You want a book deal. You need a literary agent. Now what? It’s tough out there for an author. There are literally hundreds of agents. Some are incredibly powerful and can transform your destiny with a […]
This week! Books! I’m back! For real this time! And what a dizzying few weeks it’s been while I globetrotted. As a writer, blogger, newsletter-er, and editor/consultant helping other writers, it feels like the ground’s shifting under my feet very, very fast. Artificial Intelligence is unleashing massive changes, and it’s daunting to make sense of […]
Helping authors achieve their dreams
