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The PRH/S&S merger heads to court (This week in books)

July 29, 2022 by Nathan Bransford Leave a Comment

This week! Books! We’re getting into the doldrums of summer, but I still have a few links to share with you this week. First up, there’s an auction this weekend to support two great organizations, We Need Diverse Books and NaNoWriMo! There are lots of great items to bid on, and I’m offering a thirty […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Amazon, Artificial Intelligence, Barack Obama, Charlie Warzel, Delia Owens, Man Booker, NaNoWriMo, Penguin Random House, Rebecca Stott, Simon & Schuster, We Need Diverse Books

People have been reading more books (This week in books)

July 30, 2021 by Nathan Bransford 2 Comments

This week! Books! We’re entering the dog days of summer, when publishing industry news (and employees) become scarce, but I still have some links to share with you. If you’ve been reading more books in the past year you’re not alone. According to the American Time Use survey, reading jumped 21% year over year in […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Alfred A. Knopf, Austin Keon, Jennifer Laughran, Lincoln Michel, Man Booker, Milo Todd, publishing industry

Book links for a slow news day (This week in books)

October 2, 2020 by Nathan Bransford 2 Comments

This week! Books! I know you’re probably bored today because so little is happening in the world and you’re looking for some links to click on. WELL. I have some for you!! Some great publishing news this week as bestselling authors Nicola and David Yoon are starting an imprint oriented toward romances featuring heroes of […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: David Yoon, James Patterson, Jessica Faust, Man Booker, Nicola Yoon, Young Adult Literature

Layoffs hit the publishing industry (This week in books)

April 3, 2020 by Nathan Bransford 2 Comments

This week in the apocalypse! I mean books! Well, in my interview with Mike Shatzkin earlier in the week we speculated that a wave of layoffs would hit the industry in the wake of the pandemic, and it didn’t take long for that to bear out. Macmillan announced an unspecified number of layoffs, as well […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: BookEnds, Bookstores, coronavirus, David Gaughran, Dolly Parton, Macmillan, Man Booker

Man Booker longlist released (This week in books)

July 26, 2019 by Nathan Bransford 2 Comments

This week in books! The Man Booker prize is one of the most prestigious awards out there, and its highly anticipated longlist was released this week. One American author made the cut, Lucy Ellman, along with luminaries like Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie, and Jeanette Winterson. The winner will be announced in September. In other awards […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Amazon, Dean Koontz, Faber and Faber, Herman Melville, Man Booker, Mike Shatzkin, T.S. Eliot, Tavi Gevinson

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