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Amazon bricks old Kindles (This week in books)

May 1, 2026 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! I’m between trips at the moment and popping up with a few links that caught my eye while I was away. Please keep reaching out if you need editing, and my blog will properly return at the end of this month! For the first time ever, Amazon is cutting old Kindles off […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Alvina Ling, Amazon, Andrew Cunningham, Bookshop.org, Charlie Jane Anders, Daniel Engber, Ed Nawotka, Frazier Tharpe, Jay-Z, Kate McKean, Keith Roysdon, Kenneth Whyte, Kevin Lincoln, Laura B. McGrath, Maddie Connors, Maia Snow, Sandy Ernest Allen, Shannon Maughan, Stephen King, TikTok

Amazon founder guts books coverage at WaPo (This week in books)

February 6, 2026 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! Bookshop.org Teams with Draft2Digital – Ed Nawotka, Publishers Weekly – I want to start with the good news first. Independent online bookseller Bookshop.org has partnered with e-book distributor Draft2Digital to make self-published e-books available for sale via Bookshop. If you haven’t already canceled your Amazon Prime and ditched the Kindle ecosystem, now […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Adam Kirsch, Allie Canal, Bari Weiss, Bookshop.org, Daniel Arkin, Ed Nawotka, Jeff Bezos, Jeffrey Epstein, Kate McKean, Laura Esposito, Lincoln Michel, Peter Attia, Ron Charles, Sally Lodge, Suzy Khimm

World’s richest man KO’d by 87-year-old novella writer (This week in books)

November 14, 2025 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! First up, apologies to newsletter subscribers as I had an errant link in my November Office Hours email that went to the September Office Hours, if you’re looking to watch November, click on over here! I confess that I’m not spending much time on social media these days, but even I could […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: A.I., Adam Serwer, Aja Gabel, Alex Marshall, Alexandra Alter, Anthropic, Austin Kleon, Baker & Taylor, Booker Prize, David Szalay, Dua Lipa, Ed Nawotka, Elizabeth A. Harris, Elon Musk, James Somers, Jim Milliot, Josiah Gogarty, Joyce Carol Oates, Kyle Chayka, Lectorum Publications, Marla Mackoul, Megan Greenwell

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

An Unbound mess (This week in books)

June 6, 2025 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! I’m experimenting with a new hybrid format with the links with titles, publications, and commentary when applicable. Let me know what you think! After Unbound’s Collapse, Boundless Faces Uphill Battle to Rebuild Trust – Ed Nawotka, Publishers Weekly / Unbound/Boundless Co-Founder Apologizes After Resignation – Katy Hershberger, Publishers Lunch – After Unbound […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Alia Hanna Habib, Anna Diamond, Anna Louie Sussman, Audiobooks, Ed Nawotka, Elisabeth Egan, Erin Bowman, Jim Milliot, Kathleen Schmidt, Katy Hershberger, Mark O'Connell, Mr. Beast, Romantasy, Tom Comitta, Tyler Austin Harper

What writers should do when they’ve been scammed (This week in books)

June 24, 2024 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! I’m under the weather with COVID today (careful out there!), so I’ll be listing these links instead of summarizing. But here are some of the best writing and books links I spotted in the past few weeks: The Latest Impersonation Scams – Victoria Strauss, Writer Beware Cheated, Swindled, or Scammed: What’s a […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Charlie Jane Anders, Dan Sinykin, Ed Nawotka, Ferris Jabr, Kate McKean, Lincoln Michel, Richard Jean So, Sadie Stein, Victoria Strauss, Writer Beware

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