Nathan Bransford | Writing, Book Editing, Publishing
Helping authors achieve their dreams
When Amazon released the Kindle, I was one of the first customers. I had a first gen iPad and have read e-books almost exclusively ever since. Heck, I left my job as a literary agent to go work at a tech company. I’ve long been techno-optimistic and have embraced new developments eagerly. I truly believe […]
This week! Books! Last week I brought you news of Sudowrite’s new service that will help you write a (seemingly) terrible draft thanks to AI, and in a very 2023 news story, a fictional sex act created by the Omegaverse fandom has resulted in the the AI service being caught plundering material. Yes really. Penguin […]
This week! Books! Big news this week as PEN America, Penguin Random House, and a group of authors have filed suit against the Escambia County School District for violating the equal protection clause in the Constitution by targeting disproportionately nonwhite and LGBTQ authors with book bans. This is a significant legal salvo in the midst […]
This week! Books! A federal judge ruled decisively against the Internet Archive’s so-called “National Emergency Library,” which made 1.4 million e-books available for free in the early days of the pandemic, as well as its supposed “controlled digital lending” (CDL) system where it loans out e-books on a one-to-one basis based on print copies held […]
This week! Books! The blog will go dark for the next few weeks as I take a planned breather (some might refer to this as a vacation). I’m planning to be back in March. Also: My editing slots are booking up extremely quickly this year, so please continue to reach out to me to get […]
This week! Books! Massive, massive news for the publishing industry, and, in truth, for all US antitrust law as the DOJ successfully convinced Judge Florence Pan that Penguin Random House’s proposed acquisition of Simon & Schuster would create a monopsony that would harm authors. This is particularly notable because antitrust precedent over the past 50 […]
Helping authors achieve their dreams
