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Are we in a book affordability crisis? (This week in books)

October 24, 2025 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! I’m still catching up after being out of town for a bit, so just links this week, but I’m hoping to return to a normal blogging cadence next week! Army of Bots: Deeper Into the Vortex of Nigerian Marketing Scams – Victoria Strauss, Writer Beware Book Bans Continue to Threaten the Wellbeing […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Censorship, Jane Friedman, Jim Milliot, Karis Rogerson, Kate McKean, Leigh Stein, Liam O'Donoghue, Manvir Singh, Maris Kreizman, R. Nassor, Victoria Strauss, Writer Beware

A victory against the book banners (This week in books)

August 15, 2025 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! This week got away from me a bit, as the lack of post on Monday indicates. Links without commentary for the roundup this week, but hoping to return to full blogging next week! Florida Court Upholds Freedom to Read in ‘PRH v. Gibson’ – Nathalie op de Beeck, Publishers Weekly AI industry […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: A.I., Alia Hanna Habib, Ashley Belanger, Bibi Bakare-Yusuf, Censorship, Jane Friedman, Julie Liddell Whitehead, Kate McKean, Lincoln Michel, Nathalie op de Beeck, Reviews

Is the rapid release self-publishing era ending? (This week in books)

August 8, 2025 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! First up, thanks so much to all my newsletter subscribers who joined my inaugural office hours yesterday evening! Thanks for your patience as I worked out the kinks. It was a lot of fun and I hope to do it again. Be sure and subscribe to my newsletter if you want to […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Andrea Long Chu, Charlie Jane Anders, Chloe Harcombe, Clara Bullock, Jane Friedman, Johny B. Truant, Kathleen Schmidt, Leigh Stein, Lisa Levy, Matt Pruznick, Michael Young, MJ Franklin, Natalie Canalis, Philip Plait, Science, Self-publishing, Thomas Chatterton Williams

An inside look at rampant publishing scams (This week in books)

July 18, 2025 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! ‘Our Goal Is to Get Their Money’: Inside a Firm Charged With Scamming Writers for Millions – Brent Crane, Bloomberg (gift link) – A well-reported and wrenching look into rampant scams preying on authors. One reason so many of the scams originate in the Philippines is because some of the scammers cut […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: A.I., Alan Gratz, Alex Reisner, Barry Petchesky, Bill Watterson, Brent Crane, Charlie Jane Anders, Ed Caesar, Erik Ofgang, Jane Friedman, Jeffrey Trachtenberg, Jim Milliot, Joanne O'Sullivan, Keith Sawyer, Libraries, Linda Lowen, Martin Cruz Smith, Romantasy, Scams, Scholastic

BookCon is back (This week in books)

June 20, 2025 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! First up, I’ll be out for the next few weeks to take a break around the 4th of July holiday, so I will see you again later in July. BookCon Will Return in 2026 – Jim Milliot, Publishers Weekly – After shuttering during the pandemic, the exposition formerly known as BookExpo will […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: 8th Note Press, A.I., BookCon, Dana A. Williams, Jane Friedman, Jim Milliot, Joshua Rothman, Kate McKean, Kathleen Schmidt, Lincoln Michel, Roger Federer, Rustin Dodd, Toni Morrison

The best villains in literature (This week in books)

March 7, 2025 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! (A bit delayed and abbreviated because I’m on the road). LitHub’s annual counter-programming to the March Madness basketball tournament is here, and this year it’s a villainous one: who is the best villain in literature? Cast your votes! I, for one, feel Long John Silver as a 15 seed is an upset […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Alix Strauss, Dan Blank, Daniel Engber, Jane Friedman, LitHub, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Sally Kim, Sally Rooney, Tariffs

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