Nathan Bransford | Writing, Book Editing, Publishing
Helping authors achieve their dreams
This week! Books! You wouldn’t know it’s publishing’s summer quiet season with the number of links I have this week, so let’s get to it. Hachette Book Group Employees Vote to Unionize – Alexandra Alter, New York Times – Book publishing continues a trend toward organized labor, as Hachette’s employees formed the largest trade union […]
This week! Books! U.S. Audiobook Sales Grew 9% in 2025, to $2.43 Billion – Ed Nawotka, Publishers Weekly – The audiobook boom continued apace in 2025, including in the children’s book world. And no, in case you’re wondering, listening to an audiobook is still not reading. (Let’s start this roundup off with some spice!) Call […]
This week! Books! First up, I’ve heard from multiple authors who’ve been scammed recently by fraudsters impersonating agents and publishers. Please, please educate yourself on how to spot a publishing scam and be very wary of people contacting you out of the blue with something that seems too good to be true. Yes, agents and […]
This week! Books! It’s really difficult to concentrate these days and few people I know are as productive as usual. Anne R. Allen has a great post on why it’s so tough to write right now as we deal with our collective grief, and she has some tips on how to keep moving forward. In […]
This week! Books! I really loved this feature in Elle on five amazing authors who are reshaping the young adult fiction landscape: Tomi Adeyemi, Akwaeke Emezi, Elizabeth Acevedo, Angie Thomas, and Nic Stone. Daniel Frank took a look at the most beloved and most hated classics according to Goodreads users. The Godfather at 4.37 and […]
Reader Drew Turney wrote to me recently with an interesting question. There’s so much advice, commentary, and opinion about stripping away anything unessential to a book’s plot. Writing in the modern era emphasizes moving the plot forward at all costs, and everything else is “ruthlessly killed off no matter how darling.” Digressions and detritus that […]
Helping authors achieve their dreams
