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The bestseller who made $49,000 last year (This week in books)

March 13, 2026 by Nathan Bransford 1 Comment

This week! Books! What Do You Do and What Do You Make? – New York Magazine – This fascinating snapshot of how much money various people in NYC make sent many tongues wagging, particularly the New York Times bestselling author with 800,000+ Instagram followers, who made $49,000 last year, roughly the same amount as a […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Alexandra Alter, Casey Newton, Chang Che, Grammarly, Greg Greeley, James Patterson, Jim Milliot, Kate McKean, Miles Klee, Mr. Beast, publishing industry, Simon & Schuster, Vauhini Vara, Walter Marsh

Censorship comes to Congress (This week in books)

March 6, 2026 by Nathan Bransford 1 Comment

This week! Books! Lots and lots and lots of links saved up. Limited captions, but enjoy the bounty. Also, a quick housekeeping matter. I’m having an issue with my discussion forums, which will likely be sunsetting soon. More to come on that. Why We Must Fight to Stop HR 7661 Before It Destroys the Lives […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Al Zuckerman, Amy Griffin, Anastasia Tsioulcas, Ann Godoff, Carlo Iacono, Case Cep, Censorship, Dan Barry, Donald Maass, Elisabeth Egan, Evie Woods, Franklin Foer, Jane Friedman, Jeanne Thornton, Jeffrey Epstein, Jillian Davis, Jim Milliot, John Brockman, Jonathan Rothman, Joshua Rothman, Katherine Rosman, Katy Hershberger, Kelly Jensen, Kenneth Whyte, Kirsten Bell, Lauren Brown, Leigh Stein, Lincoln Michel, Maris Kriezman, Ryan Spencer, Sam Roberts, Scams

The chill over the publishing world (This week in books)

January 16, 2026 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! Trump’s return chills embattled LGBTQ book industry: ‘They’re stepping back’ – Surina Venkat, The Hill / What if Editors Don’t Want <Your Kind of Book> Anymore? – Kate McKean, Agents + Books – We’ve long suspected that book bans and censorship have cast a chill over the publishing world, particularly on the […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: A.I., Alia Hanna Habib, Bookstores, Censorship, Claire Kirch, David Marchese, George Saunders, Jim Milliot, John Kaag, Kate McKean, Rachel Kahan, Rachel Reid, Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, Surina Venkat, Wiley

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

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

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

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