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No, AI-generated work is not copyrightable (This week in books)

March 17, 2023 by Nathan Bransford Leave a Comment

This week! Books! GPT-4 has arrived, leading to all sort of breathless headlines like this one from The Atlantic: ChatGPT Changed Everything. Now Its Follow-Up Is Here. Uhhhh… what exactly has it changed apart from prompting tech types and their financial enablers to lose their collective minds? Longtime readers know I am far from a […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Amy Weiss-Meyer, Austin Kleon, ChatGPT, Copyright, Jennifer Jackson, Kimon de Greef, Ursula K. Le Guin

Publishing Twitter loses it over two new ideas (This week in books)

October 22, 2021 by Nathan Bransford 10 Comments

This week! Books! Publishing Twitter was aflame this week about two new ideas for publishing. The first to set tongues wagging was an interview in Forbes with author and entrepreneur Allison Twobridge, who started an app called Copper that she pitches as the LinkedIn of the book world. It allows authors to connect with readers, […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Allison Twobridge, Amazon, Austin Kleon, Copper, Fan fiction, Gary Paulsen, Jeanette the Writer, Jerry Pinkney, Mark McGurl, Masterclass, NFTs, Realm of Ruin, Tad Friend

Netflix goes Wonka (This week in books)

October 1, 2021 by Nathan Bransford Leave a Comment

This week books! It’s been a few weeks since I’ve done a links roundup, and I have quite a few good ones to share. Let’s get to it! Netflix spent over £500 million on a golden ticket and purchased the rights to Roald Dahl’s entire catalog. They have movies, TV shows, and more planned. Jay […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Angie Hodapp, Austin Kleon, Erika Liodice, James McGowan, Jay Coles, Jessica Faust, Kristen Lamb, Kristin Nelson, Lincoln Michel, Livia Blackburne, Netflix, Squid Game, We Need Diverse Books, Zadie Smith

How to write for a changing world (This week in books)

July 24, 2020 by Nathan Bransford Leave a Comment

This week! Books! As you may have noticed there’s a pandemic going on, and it’s upended many of our notions of “real life.” So… what do you do with that as a writer? Writer David James Poissant talked about the struggle (“delusion” in his words) of writing a timely novel in a constantly changing world. […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Austin Kleon, Center for Fiction, coronavirus, Crimereads, David James Poissant, Jessica Faust, Rachelle Gardner

Why do some people become lifelong readers? (This week in books)

September 27, 2019 by Nathan Bransford 1 Comment

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This week! Books! As you can see above I recently returned from an exciting voyage to Batuu but I have still been keeping an eye out for good writing and book links back on Earth. I missed the National Book Awards longlist for fiction, and it’s quite a list! Congrats to the nominees: Fleishman Is […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Austin Kleon, Betsy Lerner, Dan Blank, literary agents, National Book Awards

Audible adds a controversial new feature (This week in books)

July 19, 2019 by Nathan Bransford 2 Comments

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This week! Books! There was some news that roiled the publishing world this week, as Audible announced a feature called Audible Captions, which would display text while an audiobook is playing. Ya know. Kinda like an e-book. Publishers and literary agents responded with alarm, noting that Audible had not come to them for permission for […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Amazon, Audible, Austin Kleon, Instagram, Jessica Faust, Politics, Rachelle Gardner, Sarah Enni, The Hills

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