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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 […]

Kids strike back against book banners (This week in books)

January 14, 2022 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! A bit of a quiet week out there in publishing land as people get back into the swing of January and omicron life, but I have a few links. After a school board in Pennsylvania grabbed a list of books, documentaries, and articles created by a diversity committee and instead banned everything […]

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