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Human arbitrarily deemed “royalty” smashes book sale records (This week in books)

January 13, 2023 by Nathan Bransford 2 Comments

This week! Books! A Los Angeles-area expat who, due to the entirely arbitrary circumstances of his birth and heredity, certain portions of society have assented to deem “royalty,” and who parlayed the resulting status and wealth into a marriage with a successful American actress, had a book ghostwritten about his life and went on to […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Don DeLillo, Filippo Bernardini, Gus Lobrano, J.D. Salinger, Janelle Monae, Joyce Meskis, Ken Brosky, Kevin Koczwara, Lincoln Michel, Markus Dohle, Prince Harry, Robert Caro, Robert Gottlieb, Shawn McCreesh, Susan Meachan

Hugos and Bookers (This week in books)

September 9, 2022 by Nathan Bransford 1 Comment

This week! Books! Some literary awards have been dispensed, and congrats to all the winners and nominees! First, the Hugo award winners for science fiction and fantasy. The book winners (affiliate links): Best Novel: A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine Best Series: Wayward Children by Seanan McGuire Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book: […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Booker Prize, Elizabeth Strout, Hugo Awards, Lincoln Michel, publishing industry, Sterling Lord

The novel that predicted Putin’s war (This week in books)

April 8, 2022 by Nathan Bransford 2 Comments

This week! Books! People have been searching for answers for Putin’s senseless war in Ukraine, and at least one intriguing piece of the puzzle comes from Mikhail Yuriev’s 2006 utopian novel The Third Empire: Russia as It Ought to Be, which starts with an unannounced war in eastern Ukraine, and culminates in the entire world […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Christian Smalls, Dan Blank, Derrick Palmer, Emily St. John Mandel, Erica Ackerberg, Fifty Shades of Grey, Katy Waldman, Libraries, Lincoln Michel, Lydia Kiesling, Ocean Vuong, Russia, Sands Hall, Tina Jordan, Unions, Wallace Stegner

How a book is made (This week in books)

February 25, 2022 by Nathan Bransford Leave a Comment

This is one of those weeks when the news is distressing and other topics can seem a bit trivial in comparison. But books are still crucial, writing will keep playing an important role in whatever’s next, and your writing matters. So on to the links. The NY Times has a pretty fascinating look at how […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Alexandra Alter, Amazon, Angela Ackerman, Anne R. Allen, David Moldawer, George Saunders, Jessica Faust, Lincoln Michel, publishing industry

‘The Last Cuentista’ wins the Newbery (This week in books)

January 28, 2022 by Nathan Bransford Leave a Comment

This week! Books! The ALA Awards were handed out this week, and congrats to the winners! John Newbery Medal: The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera Randolph Caldecott Medal: Watercress – illustrated by Jason Chin and written by Andrea Wang Coretta Scott King illustrator and author awards: Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre by Carole Boston […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: ALA Awards, Jessica Faust, Jocelyn Van Tuyl, Lincoln Michel, Sara L. Schwebel, Supply Chain

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

January 21, 2022 by Nathan Bransford 3 Comments

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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