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Publishers are unprepared for A.I. fiction (This week in books)

March 20, 2026 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! First, a quick programming note, prompted by a personal note. I’m getting married in April, and, as you can imagine, things are a bit hectic! Posting may be a bit sporadic for the rest of March, and then I’m planning to take an extended break from April through mid-May. But! I’m still […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: A.I., Alexandra Alter, Alexis Soloski, Alia Hanna Habib, Colleen Hoover, Katy Hershberger, Lauren Hamlin, Paul C. Rosier, Sam Spratford, Sonja Anderson, Tracy Wolff, Unions

The chill over the publishing world (This week in books)

January 16, 2026 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! Trump’s return chills embattled LGBTQ book industry: ‘They’re stepping back’ – Surina Venkat, The Hill / What if Editors Don’t Want <Your Kind of Book> Anymore? – Kate McKean, Agents + Books – We’ve long suspected that book bans and censorship have cast a chill over the publishing world, particularly on the […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: A.I., Alia Hanna Habib, Bookstores, Censorship, Claire Kirch, David Marchese, George Saunders, Jim Milliot, John Kaag, Kate McKean, Rachel Kahan, Rachel Reid, Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, Surina Venkat, Wiley

OpenAI does not want you to know why it deleted its pirated books database (This week in books)

December 5, 2025 by Nathan Bransford

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 […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: A.I., A24, Alia Hanna Habib, Jeff Giles, Jennifer Szalai, Kevin Lozano, Leigh Stein, Lily Meyer, Lincoln Michel, Malcolm Cowley, Melina Spanoudi, National Book Awards, OpenAI, Porter Anderson, Sally Rooney, Sam Kriss, Sam Spratford, Sophie Newman

Missing Anthony Bourdain’s point (This week in books)

September 5, 2025 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! Thanks so much to everyone who attended last evening’s Office Hours! I hope to upload the recording to YouTube when I have a moment and will share that when it’s ready. Remember, Office Hours are exclusively for newsletter subscribers, so if you haven’t already, sign on up. It’s been a busy week, […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Alia Hanna Habib, Anthony Bourdain, Gaza, Kate McKean, Pablo Torre, Tres Dean, Uriel Kon, Vivian Song

A victory against the book banners (This week in books)

August 15, 2025 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! This week got away from me a bit, as the lack of post on Monday indicates. Links without commentary for the roundup this week, but hoping to return to full blogging next week! Florida Court Upholds Freedom to Read in ‘PRH v. Gibson’ – Nathalie op de Beeck, Publishers Weekly AI industry […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: A.I., Alia Hanna Habib, Ashley Belanger, Bibi Bakare-Yusuf, Censorship, Jane Friedman, Julie Liddell Whitehead, Kate McKean, Lincoln Michel, Nathalie op de Beeck, Reviews

Literary tourism is taking off (This week in books)

August 1, 2025 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! First up, don’t forget out my inaugural office hours next Thursday exclusively for newsletter subscribers! If you’re not already a subscriber, now’s a great time to join. It’s free! Now that’s August (how is it August??), we’re squarely in the dog days of publishing summer, but I still find a few links […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Alia Hanna Habib, Charles Yao, Comic-Con, Darcy Pattison, Heidi MacDonald, Jeanne Kisacky, Michelle Goldberg, Rachel Chang

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