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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

Biden’s memoir sells for $10 million (This week in books)

July 25, 2025 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! Yesterday, I moderated the panel “From Ideas to Shelves” at Comic-Con in San Diego, which included professionals across books, film, and TV. Fascinating discussion! After the film/TV world took a beating with the Hollywood strike and collapse of the streaming golden era, and after Los Angeles took a beating earlier this year […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: A.I., Gabriel Winslow-Yost, Goodreads, Grace Snelling, Jeffrey Trachtenberg, Joe BIden, Kate McKean, Kyle Chayka, Move 37, Star Wars

A devastating censorship ruling (This week in books)

May 30, 2025 by Nathan Bransford

The last few weeks! Books! I’m back! Though I’m quite busy catching up, and extraordinarily jet-lagged. Today’s collection of links will be presented mainly in list format, but there are lots of good ones. Enjoy! Appeals Court Reverses Ruling in Texas Book Ban Case – Nathalie op de Beeck, Publishers Weekly – An extremely disappointing […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Amelia Nierenberg, Benjamin Davis, Chanda A. Bell, Charlie Warzel, Damon Beres, Drew Broussard, James D. Walsh, Kate McKean, Kazuo Ishiguro, Ken Whyte, Kyle Chayka, Leigh Stein, Lincoln Michel, Lucy Feldman, Michiko Kakutani, Nathalie op de Beeck, Pulitzer Prize, Sam Spratford, Sarah Chauncey, Sophia Stewart, Taylor Lorenz, Victor Tangermann

The truth about self-promotion (This week in books)

February 9, 2024 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! First up, I’m going to be going on a midwinter hiatus for the next few weeks, and the blog will return around the end of the month. In the meantime, keep on reaching out if you’re looking for editing or coaching. A perennial publishing flashpoint flared up again this week as Rebecca […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Adam Morgan, Hugo Awards, Karen Outen, Kyle Chayka, Matteo Wong, Neal Stephenson, Rebecca Jennings, Rebecca K Reilly, September C. Fawkes

The week everyone was talking about a kidney (This week in books)

October 8, 2021 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! Everyone in publishing this week was talking about a kidney. Here’s why. I personally couldn’t get through it, but consider yourself alerted that this story managed to overshadow all other publishing news this week. And it was a week where National Book Awards finalists and the Nobel Prize for Literature were announced! […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Abdulrazak Gurnah, Alexandra Alter, Amazon, Blushing Books, Christine Pride, Emily Temple, Joe Piazza, Kyle Chayka, National Book Awards, Nobel Prize, publishing industry, Soccer

Amanda Gorman’s books poised for 3 million first printing (This week in books)

January 29, 2021 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! I was a bit unplugged from the news and social media this week, but I still saw a few links to share with you. Amanda Gorman’s stunning poem The Hill We Climb is one of her three upcoming books that will be released in 2021, and Penguin Random House is planning on […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Amanda Gorman, Kate McKean, Kyle Chayka, Michelle Burford, publishing industry

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