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Is it OK to resend a query? (This week in books)

November 13, 2020 by Nathan BransfordLeave a Comment

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 […]

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Filed Under: This Week in BooksTagged With: Barack Obama, Charles Dickens, Dan Blank, Fuchsia Dunlop, Jessica Faust, Kate McKean, Kristin Nelson, literary agents

What does it mean when a book gets optioned? (This week in books)

October 9, 2020 by Nathan Bransford2 Comments

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 […]

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Filed Under: This Week in BooksTagged With: Beverly Cleary, Dan Blank, DongWon Song, Jacqueline Woodson, Jessica Faust, Kate McKean, Louise Glück, N.K. Jemisen, National Book Awards, Nobel Prize, Science, Star Wars, Tracy Marchini

Tips for self-editing (This week in books)

September 4, 2020 by Nathan Bransford1 Comment

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 […]

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Filed Under: This Week in BooksTagged With: Angie Hodapp, Dan Blank, Editing, Jessica Faust, Katie Mettner, Nancy Johnson

Twilight is back! (This week in books)

May 8, 2020 by Nathan Bransford4 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 […]

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

Jeff Bezos is now $24 billion richer (This week in books)

April 17, 2020 by Nathan Bransford2 Comments

This week! Books! Things might be feeling pretty apocalyptic outside but since the onset of the pandemic Jeff Bezos is $24 billion richer. So, uh, there’s that. In not-Amazon news, the co-founder of LitHub and Electric Lit is launching Bookshop, an online bookstore that supports independent bookstores and sports a rival affiliate program. You might […]

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Filed Under: This Week in BooksTagged With: Bookshop, coronavirus, Dan Blank, Instagram, Karen Inglis, Libraries, Sarah Enni, Science Fiction, Taylor Lorenz

Ronan Farrow drops Hachette, employees walk out (This week in books)

March 6, 2020 by Nathan Bransford9 Comments

This week! Books! Hoo boy we have a lot of links this week and before I get to your weekly dose of publishing controversies, let’s start with some good publishing industry news. Thanks to a generous donation by the wonderful Celeste Ng, We Need Diverse Books is launching a publishing industry intern program that will […]

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Filed Under: This Week in BooksTagged With: American Dirt, Celeste Ng, Dan Blank, Diversity, Florence Osmond, Hachette, Jess Walton, Kate Elizabeth Russell, Oprah, Ronan Farrow, Science

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