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Is publishing finally changing for real this time? (This week in books)

July 17, 2020 by Nathan Bransford 1 Comment

This week! Books! Could the publishing industry finally be changing? For real this time? The last few months have brought a huge amount of change to the leadership of some major publishers. Simon & Schuster CEO Carolyn Reidy, Knopf publisher Sonny Mehta, and Random House publisher Susan Kamil passed away, and editor Nan Talese announced […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Bookbub, Chris Jackson, Colson Whitehead, Dana Canedy, Donald Trump Jr., Lisa Lucas, Mike Shatzkin, publishing industry

Twilight is back! (This week in books)

May 8, 2020 by Nathan Bransford 4 Comments

This week! Books! Twilight is back! Stephenie Meyer revealed that there will indeed be a new Twilight novel on August 4, Midnight Sun, which will retell the series from vampire Edward Cullen’s perspective. I for one am quite curious how he felt attending high school when he was over one hundred years old. I have […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Colson Whitehead, coronavirus, Dan Blank, David, DIYMFA, Pulitzer Prize, Stephenie Meyer, Suzanne Collins, Writing and Sports

Why Are So Many Literary Writers Technophobic?

February 16, 2012 by Nathan Bransford 75 Comments

It seems like hardly a week goes by without one literary writer or another hyperbolically decrying the way we’re all going to hell in an electronic handbasket. First Jonathan Franzen argued that e-books are damaging society and suggested that all “serious” readers read print. Last week Pulitzer Prize winner Jennifer Egan complained of social networking, […]

Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: Colson Whitehead, Culture, E-books, End of Publishing As We Know It, Jennifer Egan, Jonathan Franzen, Zadie Smith

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