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Han Kang wins the Nobel in literature (This week in books)

October 11, 2024 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! I collected a whole load of links over the past few weeks, so many that I am going to revert to providing the links with limited commentary. (Do you actually prefer this approach? Should I do this more? Let me know in the comments!) Han Kang Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: A.I., Alex Marshall, Alexandra Alter, Betsy Lerner, Cal Newport, Choe Sang-Hun, Dan Blank, Han Kang, Hope Corrigan, Joshua Rothman, Julia Eskins, Justine Clay, Ken Whyte, Lincoln Michel, Marisa Charpentier, Motoko Rich, National Book Awards, Nobel Prize, R.L.Stine, Ryu Spaeth, Shannon Maughan, Sophia Stewart, Tom Rachman

The IA gets smacked down by the law…again (This week in books)

September 6, 2024 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! Greetings from sizzling southern California, where I’m back at it after some late summer voyaging. Here are some of the links I spotted over the past few weeks. First up, the Internet Archive appealed a ruling that blocked its Free Digital Library, where it worked with libraries to make their collections available […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: A.I., Alexandra Alter, Barnes & Noble, Dan Blank, Elizabeth Harris, Internet Archive, Ken Whyte, Matt Stone, NaNoWriMo, Trey Parker

See you at Comic-Con! (This week in books)

July 19, 2024 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! We’re well into the publishing summer slowdown so I don’t have a tremendous number of links for you, but I still rustled up a few. First up, I’ll be at Comic-Con next week moderating the From Idea to Shelves panel with a stellar lineup of agents! Swing on by and say hello! […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Alexandra Alter, Anil Ananthaswamy, China Miéville, Comic-Con, Kate McKean, Katy Hershberger, Keanu Reeves, Open Road, Science

Is fiction publishing broken? (This week in books)

November 10, 2023 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! First up, the wonderful organization We Need Diverse Books has launched a site called Indigenous Reads Rising, which is dedicated to helping educators, librarians, and readers find books by Native authors and illustrators. As anyone who is querying, on submission, or trying to negotiate a new deal probably knows, these are not […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Alexandra Alter, Dorothy Wickenden, Herman Melville, Jessica Karl, Kate Dwyer, Lincoln Michel, publishing industry, Rebecca Yarros, Therese Ann Fowler

Inflation hits the publishing industry (This week in books)

July 15, 2022 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! I have some really great links to share with you this week, but if you’ll indulge a promo, I’m headed back to Comic-Con in San Diego next week! In real life! If you’re attending, check out the panel I’m moderating on July 21: From Idea to Shelves: The Remix, where we’ll discuss […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Alexandra Alter, America's Next Great Author, Comic-Con, Elizabeth A. Harris, Emma Chamberlain

Watch out for book to film scams (This week in books)

June 17, 2022 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! First up, we continue to live in a golden age for scammers, and Anne R. Allen has an important post about a new, more polished publishing trap: the book to film scam, where a “film scout” suggests you pay for a new screenplay or treatment so they can shop it to streaming […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Alexandra Alter, Anne R. Allen, Artificial Intelligence, Copyright, Elizabeth A. Harris, Ian Bogost, literary agents, Scams

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