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Jeff Bezos is now $24 billion richer (This week in books)

April 17, 2020 by Nathan Bransford2 Comments

This week! Books! Things might be feeling pretty apocalyptic outside but since the onset of the pandemic Jeff Bezos is $24 billion richer. So, uh, there’s that. In not-Amazon news, the co-founder of LitHub and Electric Lit is launching Bookshop, an online bookstore that supports independent bookstores and sports a rival affiliate program. You might […]

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Filed Under: This Week in BooksTagged With: Bookshop, coronavirus, Dan Blank, Instagram, Karen Inglis, Libraries, Sarah Enni, Science Fiction, Taylor Lorenz

What Role Should Libraries Have in an Electronic World?

March 4, 2013 by Nathan Bransford41 Comments

Children’s book author Terry Deary stirred up some controversy last month when he said libraries have “had their day” but no longer make sense in today’s world. He cites the lack of compensation for authors and damage to bookstores, who have to compete with an institution giving away the book for free: “People have to […]

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Filed Under: E-booksTagged With: Libraries

This Week in Books 2/25/12

February 25, 2012 by Nathan Bransford16 Comments

Books! This week! Lots of heads were shaking about a story in the New York Times this week: Veteran author gets rejected by 13 publishers, then she adopts a pen name and the book sells in three days. Now, it’s easy to chalk this one up to the fickleness/stupidity of publishers, as lots of people […]

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Filed Under: UncategorizedTagged With: E-books, How to Find a Literary Agent, Libraries, Publishing Economics, publishing industry

This Week in Books 4/1/11

April 2, 2011 by Nathan Bransford49 Comments

Books this week! Insert April Fool’s Joke! First up, one of my former clients, the great J.N. Duncan, is celebrating the electronic release of his fantastic vampire noir thriller DEADWORLD, which you should absolutely check out! The paperback will follow on Tuesday, so you paper fans don’t have to wait long. We all love libraries, […]

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Filed Under: UncategorizedTagged With: Amazon, Libraries, Self-publishing

Top 10 Myths About Our E-book Future

July 22, 2010 by Nathan Bransford98 Comments

As we look forward to our (mostly) paperless future, I have been noticing a few predictions out there that I do not agree with and wish to quash like bug. I’ve previously tackled the Top 10 Myths about E-books themselves, but I thought I’d do a broader one about the reading and publishing world as […]

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Filed Under: E-booksTagged With: Amazon, Double Rainbow Guy, E-books, E-Readers, Future of Publishing, Libraries, Powells, publishing industry, Publishing Myths

The Top 10 Myths About E-Books

November 23, 2009 by Nathan Bransford159 Comments

After my recent post about the inevitability of e-books, I was surprised that there were so many misconceptions in the comments section about e-readers and e-books. For the record, I don’t think everyone is going to or should or will like e-books and converting people is not what this post is about. But I do […]

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Filed Under: E-booksTagged With: Amazon, E-books, E-Readers, Future of Publishing, Libraries, Publishing Myths

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