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This year in books (2025)

December 19, 2025 by Nathan Bransford Leave a Comment

This year! Books! The word ninjas over at Merriam-Webster really nailed the word of the year for 2025: slop. Slop is on my mind so much lately. Not just for the uncannily creepy images and videos that have started filling my social media feeds, but for the way it’s affecting my perception of what’s real. […]

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Taylor Swift bypasses the publishing industry (This week in books)

October 18, 2024 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! First up, it’s always a thrill when one of my editing clients lands a book deal for a project we worked on together, congrats to Heather Aimee O’Neill! While publishing executives gather in Frankfurt, Germany to make deals and talk about how their acquisition by private equity behemoths is going, a bombshell […]

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The Last Few Weeks in Books 11/30/12

November 30, 2012 by Nathan Bransford

Um. November went where? I’m filing a missing person’s report. And speaking of which: Last day of NaNoWriMo!! How did you guys do?! Now then! Lots of links! It was a hectic month and I missed a lot so as always, please be sure and fill in what I missed in the comment section. Machines […]

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This Week in Books 6/10/11

June 10, 2011 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! On time! First up, I hope you are coming to ComicCon in San Diego next month, because I am going to be participating in an EPIC panel. I can’t even believe they’re letting me in the same room as these incredible authors, but somehow I’m moderating a panel with Andrea Cremer! Amanda […]

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This Week in Books 5/6/11

May 6, 2011 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! Thanks for tuning in for How I Write week! To recap: Monday: How I Write Tuesday: How I Edit Wednesday: My Query Letter Thursday: Why I Chose a Traditional Publisher Next week is WONDERBAR publication week and I’ll be kicking off on Monday with a giveaway of some kind! And don’t forget, […]

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This Week in Books 4/22/11

April 24, 2011 by Nathan Bransford

This week in books! A little late! First up, there’s going to be a JACOB WONDERBAR book party!! And you’re invited! The publication of WONDERBAR is just over two weeks away, and on Friday May 13th I’m going to be hosting a reading/launch party at Books Inc. Opera Plaza here in San Francsico. Please come! […]

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