Nathan Bransford | Writing, Book Editing, Publishing
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This week books! In a potential harbinger of what’s to come, Donald Trump threatened the New York Times and Penguin Random House with a demand for $10 billion in damages over articles and books critical of Trump. The latest exodus from the X formerly known as Twitter continues apace (including German anti-fascist soccer club St. […]
What a week. We lost a really wonderful person this week as my favorite publishing sage Mike Shatzkin passed away yesterday at the age of 77. Mike knew more about the industry and publishing history than just about anyone (along with Robert Riger, he literally wrote the book about it), and he was incredibly generous […]
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 […]
This week! Books! First up, I don’t mean to paint an entire industry with too broad of a brush and there have certainly been pockets of commitment to reversing a checkered legacy of hiring and publishing patterns within the book business. But one of the looming questions was whether the publishing industry would really sustain […]
This week! Books! HarperCollins and the HarperCollins Union have reached a tentative agreement to end its three month long strike, which is reported to include an increase in minimum salary and a one-time bonus for striking workers. HarperCollins also reported disappointing earnings, down 52% in the last quarter. Major outlets: “Barnes & Noble is back, […]
This week! Books Controversy erupted in the last few weeks as children’s book authors began posting about Barnes & Noble’s stocking policies for hardcover debuts, complaining their new deemphasis on children’s hardcover hurts new, mid-list and diverse voices in particular. B&N CEO James Daunt confirmed the gist of the hardcover policy, citing that up to […]
Helping authors achieve their dreams
