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An Unbound mess (This week in books)

June 6, 2025 by Nathan Bransford Leave a Comment

This week! Books! I’m experimenting with a new hybrid format with the links with titles, publications, and commentary when applicable. Let me know what you think! After Unbound’s Collapse, Boundless Faces Uphill Battle to Rebuild Trust – Ed Nawotka, Publishers Weekly / Unbound/Boundless Co-Founder Apologizes After Resignation – Katy Hershberger, Publishers Lunch – After Unbound […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Alia Hanna Habib, Anna Diamond, Anna Louie Sussman, Audiobooks, Ed Nawotka, Elisabeth Egan, Erin Bowman, Jim Milliot, Kathleen Schmidt, Katy Hershberger, Mark O'Connell, Mr. Beast, Romantasy, Tom Comitta, Tyler Austin Harper

This Year in Books (2024)

December 20, 2024 by Nathan Bransford

This year! Books! If last year’s edition of This Year in Books was characterized by a cloudy crystal ball as we seemed on the precipice of change, 2024 was a year when some of those swirling elements came into focus. And… Not great, Bob! Now, let me be clear: if you zoom out, the publishing […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: A.I., Andrew Dalton, Angelina King, Barnes & Noble, Censorship, Dan Blank, Emily Gould, Kathleen Schmidt, Matt Dorfman, Nicole Brockbank, Nicole Sperling, Noam Scheiber, publishing industry, Sophia Stewart, Succession

Trump threatens Penguin Random House (This week in books)

November 15, 2024 by Nathan Bransford

This week books! In a potential harbinger of what’s to come, Donald Trump threatened the New York Times and Penguin Random House with a demand for $10 billion in damages over articles and books critical of Trump. The latest exodus from the X formerly known as Twitter continues apace (including German anti-fascist soccer club St. […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Barnes & Noble, Bluesky, Booker Prize, Donald Trump, Erin Bowman, Kathleen Schmidt, Samantha Harvey, Suzy Vadori, Under the BQE

All about dedications in books (This week in books)

September 20, 2024 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! First up, I’m taking an early fall blog break over the next few weeks and will be back posting in October. As always, I’ll still be answering emails and scheduling edits and coaching sessions, so feel free to reach out if I can be helpful. Sophie Masson has a cool post on […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: A.I., Andrea Long Chu, Cynthia Swanson, Draft2Digital, Hans Haacke, Kate McKean, Kathleen Schmidt, M.H. Miller, Sally Rooney, Self-publishing, Sophie Masson, Thomas Gebremedhin

“From Ideas to Shelves” 2024 recap! (This week in books)

July 26, 2024 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! I had the privilege of moderating the “From Ideas to Shelves” panel at Comic-Con yesterday with a fine roster of publishing and film industry professionals yesterday: Holly Root, Kathleen Ortiz, Ava Jamshidi, Matt Sugarman, and Angeline Rodriguez. It was a bit of a “best of times and worst of times” vibe. While […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Alex Vadukul, Ashley Stimpson, Comic-Con, Kate McKean, Kathleen Schmidt, Kenneth Chang, Madison Malone Kircher, N.K. Jamisin, Octavia Butler, Robert Ito, Roz Dineen, Sian Cain

The Blind Side was always bad (This week in books)

August 18, 2023 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! The blog is going to take an end-of-summer hiatus over the next few weeks and I’ll be back here after Labor Day. Also…………….. how is summer almost over?? I have very proudly never read/watched one of the paragons of white savior narratives The Blind Side, but some extremely distressing allegations emerged around […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Brando Skyhorse, Dave Zirin, Internet Archive, Janet Reid, Kathleen Schmidt, Michael Oher, Miranda Miller, Nature, Nir Eyal, Piracy, Pulitzer Prize, We Need Diverse Books

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