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The best book covers of 2024 (This week in books)

December 13, 2024 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! TikTok has been a somewhat unlikely boon to the publishing industry via its books-obsessed crowd, nicknamed BookTok, which has propelled authors like Colleen Hoover and Emily Henry to mega-bestsellerdom. So it likely sent a chill through the business that a federal court unanimously upheld a law that requires its parent company, ByteDance, […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Book covers, Censorship, David J. Morris, Giles Harvey, Goodreads, J. David McSwane, Kate McKean, Lincoln Michel, M.J. Rose, Ned Blackhawk, TikTok, Victoria Strauss

46% of Americans didn’t read a book in 2023 (This week in books)

January 12, 2024 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! First up, some stats that are as bracing as the January weather outside (not really, I live in Southern California) to kick off our roundup. A full 46% of Americans did not finish a book last year and 5% more read just one, so if you read two books you’re in the […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Gal Beckerman, Goodreads, Jessica Boyall, Laurie McLean, Lincoln Michel, Little Golden Books, Maris Kreizman, New York Times, Sandeep Vaheesan, Tara Pincock, Whales

Taylor Swift breaks Little Golden Books records too (This week in books)

December 15, 2023 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! Engine of capitalism in human form Taylor Swift does not just have a multi-billion dollar concert series under her belt, she is also the subject of the highest selling Little Golden Book in the imprint’s 81-year history, which recently surpassed one million copies sold. Last week I obliquely referenced a YA Goodreads […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Alex Marshall, Book covers, Cait Corrain, Ed Park, Goodreads, Grimes, Little Golden Books, Taylor Swift, Zachary Petit

Have superfans gotten out of hand? (This week in books)

September 13, 2019 by Nathan Bransford

Photo of Nyhavn in Copenhagen

This week in books! First off, thank you so much to everyone who chimed in with feedback on our community. One thing I learned: people didn’t really know about the discussion forums! Oops. I’m going to endeavor to make those more visible going forward. But seriously, thank you to everyone who chimed in. (And I’d […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Fandom, Goodreads, Self-publishing, William Faulkner, Writing and Sports

Should authors have more freedom to respond to bad reviews?

July 31, 2019 by Nathan Bransford

When hotels receive good or bad reviews on sites like TripAdvisor, you’ll often see someone from the hotel respond. They may apologize for the experience or clarifying their version of events if the customer didn’t provide the whole story. And when there’s a good review, they’ll thank the reviewer. Meanwhile, in booklandia, the merest whiff […]

Filed Under: The Writing Life Tagged With: Angie Thomas, Goodreads

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