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Hachette employees unionize (This week in books)

July 10, 2026 by Nathan Bransford 4 Comments

This week! Books! You wouldn’t know it’s publishing’s summer quiet season with the number of links I have this week, so let’s get to it. Hachette Book Group Employees Vote to Unionize – Alexandra Alter, New York Times – Book publishing continues a trend toward organized labor, as Hachette’s employees formed the largest trade union […]

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Why I left publishing and how I built my creative ecosystem (This week in books)

July 2, 2026 by Nathan Bransford 2 Comments

This week! Books! A little early because of the holiday this weekend. First up, I was on a podcast this week with Serenity Bohon, where I talked about some things I’ve never spoken about publicly before: why I left publishing and what led me to return, my creative ecosystem, weaving together meaning and work, and […]

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Are people talking about books again? (This week in books)

June 5, 2026 by Nathan Bransford

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 […]

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The publishing sky is falling again (This week in books)

May 29, 2026 by Nathan Bransford

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 […]

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A literary A.I. scandal arrives (This week in books)

May 22, 2026 by Nathan Bransford

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 […]

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Reach out to me for editing! (This week in books)

April 3, 2026 by Nathan Bransford

This will be the last post for about a month, as I’m getting married to my lovely partner next week and taking a bit of time off. But! I am still available for editing, and am currently booking full manuscript edits starting in mid-May. I typically book slots two to three months out, so I’d […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: A.I., Bookstores, Emma Kantor, Jane Friedman, Jesse Barron, Kelsey Rexroat, Lincoln Michel, Macmillan

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