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What you need to know about comp titles (This week in books)

February 18, 2022 by Nathan Bransford Leave a Comment

This week! Books! It’s troubling times for literary magazines, and Leah Asmelash surveys the sobering landscape, which includes the shuttering of The Believer, the Alaska Quarterly Review, and (likely) the Sycamore Review. Lincoln Michel wrote about why lit mags are important and has some suggestions for improving them. Author Zora Neale Hurston was a trailblazer […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Alexis M. Collazo, Allison P. Davis, Angie Hodapp, Ken Burns, Kristen Nelson, Lauren Michele Jackson, Leah Asmelash, Michael Luo, Zora Neale Hurston

Jeff Bezos steps down as CEO of Amazon (This week in books)

February 5, 2021 by Nathan Bransford 2 Comments

This week! Books! Upstart online bookseller Jeff Bezos is stepping down as CEO of Amazon, ceding the spot to Andy Jessy, who led Amazon Web Services. Bezos will serve as Executive Chairman, and he’s still expected to stay involved in Amazon’s future. More and more of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories are in the […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Amazon, Arthur Conan Doyle, Dan-el Padilla Peralta, Jeff Bezos, Jennifer Hubbard, Karen Inglis, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick

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