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

October 24, 2025 by Nathan Bransford Leave a Comment

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

State-sponsored censorship week (This week in books)

September 19, 2025 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! I’m back, and luckily nothing at all happened while I was away (okay everything happened while I was away). Lots and lots of links this week! Let’s get to it. 2026 We Need Diverse Books Mentorship Program Application – Applications are now open for We Need Diverse Books’ terrific mentorship program for […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: A.I., Anne R. Allen, Censorship, Charlie Jane Anders, Copyright, Curtis Brown Ltd., Donald Trump, Dorian Lynskey, Ed Nawotka, Elaine R. Frieman, Fran Hoepfner, Genocide, Jimmy Kimmel, Jonny Geller, Kate McKean, Kristen Weber, Lee Child, Penguin Random House, Pooja Salhotra, Robert Lee Brewer, Russ Buettner, Scams, Sophia Stewart, Susanne Craig, Taylor Lorenz, Victoria Strauss, We Need Diverse Books

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

Book orgs call out HarperCollins silence (This week in books)

April 25, 2025 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! Murdoch-owned publisher HarperCollins was a very notable non-signer of a letter from major publishers speaking out against the Trump administration’s move to eliminate the Institute of Museum and Library Services, an institution that provides crucial support for the nation’s museums and libraries. Advocacy organization Authors Against Book Bans, the HarperCollins union, and […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: A.I., Censorship, E-Readers, George R.R. Martin, HarperCollins, J.K. Rowling, Ross Anderson

Meta argues pirated books have no economic value (This week in books)

April 18, 2025 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! The U.S. Naval Academy’s library has banned books like I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou and The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, while Mein Kampf and white supremacist texts remain on the shelves. I wonder why. Twelve students and the ACLU have sued defense secretary Pete Hegseth […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: ACLU, Alia Hanna Habib, Angie Thomas, Book Banning, Censorship, Charlie Jane Anders, Ella Creamer, Elon Musk, Jack Dorsey, Lincoln Michel, Mark Zuckerberg, Maya Angelou, Richard Curtis, Science

Meta: “Censorship for thee and not for me” (This week in books)

March 14, 2025 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! Earlier this year, Mark Zuckerberg went on a conservative apologia tour and, on the Joe Rogan show naturally, declared Facebook’s own fact-checking program like “something out of 1984” and that he worried about Facebook becoming “this sort of decider of what is true in the world.” No longer would Facebook be in […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Amazon, Censorship, Drew Broussard, Elon Musk, Facebook, Grimes, Jeanette Winterson, Kat Tenbarge, Lincoln Michel, Matt Bernstein, Middle Grade, OpenAI, Taylor Lorenz, Tin House, Zando

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