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National Book Awards longlists! (This week in books)

September 13, 2024 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! The highly anticipated National Book Award longlists have been released, and congrats to the deserving nominees. I’m rather struck by the short titles in the nominees for fiction. None more than two words! Fiction Nonfiction Young People’s Literature Translated Literature Poetry Gen Z is into both reading and accessorizing, so I was […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Gen Z, Kate McKean, Kathryn Schulz, Liane Moriarty, Marcia Bjornerud, Maris Kreizman, National Book Awards, The Folio Society

Buying a rare book doesn’t mean you own the copyright (This week in books)

January 21, 2022 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! Some eclectic links for you this chilly week. A group of misguided “Dune-loving cryptocurrency enthusiasts” banded together to pay €2.9 million for a rare copy of filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky’s plans to adapt Dune for film, thinking that then meant they could release it to the public, produce an animated series, and/or produce […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Andrew DeYoung, Angie Hodapp, Ben Dreyfuss, Bethanne Patrick, Copyright, Disney, Kate McKean, Kathryn Schulz, Kishōtenketsu, Lincoln Michel, Photography

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