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Book orgs call out HarperCollins silence (This week in books)

April 25, 2025 by Nathan Bransford Leave a Comment

This week! Books! Murdoch-owned publisher HarperCollins was a very notable non-signer of a letter from major publishers speaking out against the Trump administration’s move to eliminate the Institute of Museum and Library Services, an institution that provides crucial support for the nation’s museums and libraries. Advocacy organization Authors Against Book Bans, the HarperCollins union, and […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: A.I., Censorship, E-Readers, George R.R. Martin, HarperCollins, J.K. Rowling, Ross Anderson

Bookshop.org launches e-books! (This week in books)

January 31, 2025 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! Some really terrific news for the book world this week as independent online bookseller Bookshop.org has launched its long-awaited e-book platform. You can now buy e-books that support many of your favorite independent bookstores! I gave the app a spin, and it looks great. For now they have traditionally published books, but […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: ALA Awards, Amazon, Audiobooks, Authors Against Book Bans, Authors Guild, Bookshop.org, BookTok, Censorship, DeepSeek, Emily Gould, George R.R. Martin, Kate McKean, Ken Whyte, OpenAI, PEN America, Sean Manning, Simon & Schuster

Don’t be too easy on your characters

September 7, 2021 by Nathan Bransford

We writers can get really, really attached to our characters. They become almost like family members. We want the best for them. Sometimes it can be difficult to see them make mistakes, to see their flaws, and to let the bad qualities shine through from time to time. We can be way too nice to […]

Filed Under: Writing Advice Tagged With: George R.R. Martin, How to Write a Novel, writing advice

The Last Few in Books 6/28/13

June 28, 2013 by Nathan Bransford

Soho at sunset. Photo by me. I’m on Instagram here! Whew! Lots of things have happened in the past few weeks. Let’s get to it. Holy wow, Tim Burton is going to direct Ransom Rigg’s Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children. Congrats, Ransom!! Very sad news as bestselling author Vince Flynn passed away after a long battle […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Amazon, George R.R. Martin, Hemingway, This Week in Books

Has HBO’s “Game of Thrones” Surpassed the Books?

May 6, 2013 by Nathan Bransford

In a battle fitting for Westeros, I’ve started wondering if the HBO series “Game of Thrones” has managed to surpass George R.R. Martin’s books. The list of movies and TV shows that have managed to be better than the books they’re based on is pretty small. The Godfather, basically, and a few others. It’s simply extremely […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: George R.R. Martin

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