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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

Baker & Taylor on the brink (This week in books)

October 10, 2025 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! Baker & Taylor Prepares Plan to Shut Down – Jim Milliot, Publishers Weekly | Libraries Look to Fill the Gap Left by Baker & Taylor – Jim Milliot and Nathalie op de Beeck, Publishers Weekly | “Chaos” at B&T as Ingram Adds Staff in Light of Impending Closure – Erin Somers, Publishers […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Baker & Taylor, DongWon Song, Elizabeth A. Harris, Ella Creamer, Emily Temple, Erin Somers, Hannah Jane Parkinson, Jim Milliot, Katy Hershberger, Laszlo Krasznahorkai, Nathalie op de Beeck, National Book Awards, Rebecca Ackermann, Ron Charles, Twilight

Anthropic settlement class now searchable (This week in books)

October 3, 2025 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! Anthropic Copyright Settlement Website – If your book was pirated by Anthropic and you or your publisher registered your copyright within five years, you may be in the settlement class that’s eligible for $3,000 per book. You can search here, and the Authors Guild has more information on how to file a […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: A.I., Alexandra Alter, Angel Saunders, Anthropic, Authors Guild, Donald Maass, Elizabeth A. Harris, Jason Sanford, Jennifer L. Armentrout, Kathleen Schmidt, Lincoln Michel, Michael John Goodman, Mychel Threets, OpenAI, Rachel Raposas, Robert B. Barnett, Sam Spratford, Steven Lee Myers, Stuart A. Thompson, Tajia Isen, Tiffany Hsu, William Morris

Trump allies buying TikTok (This Week in Books)

September 26, 2025 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! First up, a happy plug. It’s always so exciting to see a book I’ve worked on in manuscript form come to fruition, let alone when it becomes a freakin’ Jenna Hager Bush Today Show book club selection. Congrats to Heather O’Neill and The Irish Goodbye, which is on sale next Tuesday! So […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: A.I., Alexandra Alter, Amazon, Annelise Levy, Audiobooks, Dan Blank, David A. Keeps, Elizabeth A. Harris, Emmett Lindner, Heather O'Neill, Jenna Hager Bush, Jim Milliot, Lauren Hirsch, Susan Dennard, TikTok, Tripp Mickle

Anthropic settles its piracy lawsuit (This week in books)

August 29, 2025 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! I’m running a bit behind this Friday morning, so we’ll have links (mostly) without captions this week. But in the meantime, don’t forget about my second Office Hours on September 4 at 9pm ET / 6pm PT, exclusively for newsletter subscribers! Anthropic Settles Major AI Copyright Suit Brought by Authors – Annelise […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: A.I., Amazon, Annelise Levy, Anthropic, Aruni Soni, Claire Kirch, Daniel Currell, Disney, Elizabeth A. Harris, Elizabeth Gilbert, Jia Tolentino, Jim Milliot, Lauren Groff, Lauren Harvey, Penny Sansevieri

Being a full-time writer isn’t always what it’s cracked up to be (This week in books)

February 2, 2024 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! New-ish Penguin Random House CEO Nihar Malaviya stepped (tiptoed?) out of the shadows for an interview with Elizabeth A. Harris of the New York Times. Apart from quite a few people being at pains to speak to his listening and analytical abilities and a very 2024 allusion to the wonders of A.I. […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Audiobooks, Elisabeth Egan, Elizabeth A. Harris, Hugo Awards, Lincoln Michel, Maurice Sendak, Nicholson Baker, Nihar Malaviya, Penguin Random House, R.F. Kuang, Xiran Jay Zaho

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