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Anthropic piracy settlement approved (This week in books)

July 24, 2026 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! First up, one of the results of the survey from a few weeks back was that people wanted me to post on social media more consistently. Consider it done! I’ve established a regular posting cadence sharing new advice and greatest hits on Threads, Facebook, Bluesky, Instagram, and would you believe it even […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: A.I., Adam Messinger, Adrian Woolridge, Anthropic, Censorship, David Wallace-Wells, Dua Lipa, Katie Porter, Megan Greenwell, Olivia Craighead, Robert Lee Brewer, Ron Charles, Sophia Nguyen, The Odyssey, Victoria Strauss

Hachette employees unionize (This week in books)

July 10, 2026 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! You wouldn’t know it’s publishing’s summer quiet season with the number of links I have this week, so let’s get to it. Hachette Book Group Employees Vote to Unionize – Alexandra Alter, New York Times – Book publishing continues a trend toward organized labor, as Hachette’s employees formed the largest trade union […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: A.I., Alexandra Alter, BookTok, Brady Brickner-Wood, Brian Goedde, Censorship, Daniel Mendelsohn, David Shelley, Dua Lipa, Emily Henry, Hachette, Jamir Nazir, Kate McKean, Lincoln Michel, Madison Darbyshire, Michael Dirda, Michelle Kearney, Moby-Dick, Ned Hayes, Ron Charles, Rose Horowitch, Sandra Boynton, Stephen Witt, Unions, Will Oremus, William Dee Nichols

A literary A.I. scandal arrives (This week in books)

May 22, 2026 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! I’m back! For real this time! And what a dizzying few weeks it’s been while I globetrotted. As a writer, blogger, newsletter-er, and editor/consultant helping other writers, it feels like the ground’s shifting under my feet very, very fast. Artificial Intelligence is unleashing massive changes, and it’s daunting to make sense of […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: A.I., Alice Robb, Alina Maria Stan, Benjamin Mullin, Casey Newton, Censorship, David Epstein, David Foster Wallace, David O'Neill, Isaac Kolding, Jane Friedman, Jasmine Vojdani, Justin Rao, Laura Miller, Lauren Collins, Lincoln Michel, Lindsey Adler, Middle Grade, Nathalie op de Beeck, Patrick Brzeski, Pulitzer, R.F. Kuang, Scams, Valeriya Safronova, Vauhini Vara, Victoria Strauss

Censorship comes to Congress (This week in books)

March 6, 2026 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! Lots and lots and lots of links saved up. Limited captions, but enjoy the bounty. Also, a quick housekeeping matter. I’m having an issue with my discussion forums, which will likely be sunsetting soon. More to come on that. Why We Must Fight to Stop HR 7661 Before It Destroys the Lives […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Al Zuckerman, Amy Griffin, Anastasia Tsioulcas, Ann Godoff, Carlo Iacono, Case Cep, Censorship, Dan Barry, Donald Maass, Elisabeth Egan, Evie Woods, Franklin Foer, Jane Friedman, Jeanne Thornton, Jeffrey Epstein, Jillian Davis, Jim Milliot, John Brockman, Jonathan Rothman, Joshua Rothman, Katherine Rosman, Katy Hershberger, Kelly Jensen, Kenneth Whyte, Kirsten Bell, Lauren Brown, Leigh Stein, Lincoln Michel, Maris Kriezman, Ryan Spencer, Sam Roberts, Scams

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

Are we in a book affordability crisis? (This week in books)

October 24, 2025 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! I’m still catching up after being out of town for a bit, so just links this week, but I’m hoping to return to a normal blogging cadence next week! Army of Bots: Deeper Into the Vortex of Nigerian Marketing Scams – Victoria Strauss, Writer Beware Book Bans Continue to Threaten the Wellbeing […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Censorship, Jane Friedman, Jim Milliot, Karis Rogerson, Kate McKean, Leigh Stein, Liam O'Donoghue, Manvir Singh, Maris Kreizman, R. Nassor, Victoria Strauss, Writer Beware

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