Nathan Bransford | Writing, Book Editing, Publishing
Helping authors achieve their dreams
This week! Books! News came this week that after years of increasing market share, young adult fiction is now among the only categories posting declines in sales. The #takes have rolled in, and many people cited book bans, a decrease in B&N shelf space for YA, and a lingering lack of diversity. Librarian Karen Jensen […]
This week! Books! First up, a few exciting new site-related things this week: I launched online classes! I recorded four online classes on navigating the traditional publishing process, with exclusive downloadable resources. Until June 8, blog readers and newsletter subscribers get a 15% discount off of the “How to Get a Book Deal” bundle using […]
This week! Books! People have been searching for answers for Putin’s senseless war in Ukraine, and at least one intriguing piece of the puzzle comes from Mikhail Yuriev’s 2006 utopian novel The Third Empire: Russia as It Ought to Be, which starts with an unannounced war in eastern Ukraine, and culminates in the entire world […]
This week! Books! President Barack Obama’s memoir A Promised Land arrives next Tuesday, which is going to have massive reverberations in the bookselling world, not least of which because it clocks in at a hefty $45 list price. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie reviewed it for the New York Times, and Smithsonian Magazine looks at where it […]
This week! Books! Quick note that I’ll be away on a brief holiday the week of October 12 and back with fresh content on October 19. Feel free to contact me if you need editing! It’s book award season, and congrats to American poet Louise Glück for winning the Nobel Prize, to this year’s MacArthur […]
This week! Books! The blog is going to go on a mini-holiday break next week, but rest assured, I will still be editing! Reach out to me if you need any help with your manuscript, query letter, or if you’d like to book a consultation. Meanwhile, the end of summer tends to be a time […]
Helping authors achieve their dreams
