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OpenAI does not want you to know why it deleted its pirated books database (This week in books)

December 5, 2025 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! First up, in case you missed it: Really sad news arrived this week as longtime publishing industry man about town Porter Anderson passed away. I’m sure many of you will remember Porter from the comments section here, his work with Jane Friedman on The Hot Sheet, his work editing Publishing Perspectives, or […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: A.I., A24, Alia Hanna Habib, Jeff Giles, Jennifer Szalai, Kevin Lozano, Leigh Stein, Lily Meyer, Lincoln Michel, Malcolm Cowley, Melina Spanoudi, National Book Awards, OpenAI, Porter Anderson, Sally Rooney, Sam Kriss, Sam Spratford, Sophie Newman

Anthropic settlement class now searchable (This week in books)

October 3, 2025 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! Anthropic Copyright Settlement Website – If your book was pirated by Anthropic and you or your publisher registered your copyright within five years, you may be in the settlement class that’s eligible for $3,000 per book. You can search here, and the Authors Guild has more information on how to file a […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: A.I., Alexandra Alter, Angel Saunders, Anthropic, Authors Guild, Donald Maass, Elizabeth A. Harris, Jason Sanford, Jennifer L. Armentrout, Kathleen Schmidt, Lincoln Michel, Michael John Goodman, Mychel Threets, OpenAI, Rachel Raposas, Robert B. Barnett, Sam Spratford, Steven Lee Myers, Stuart A. Thompson, Tajia Isen, Tiffany Hsu, William Morris

Meta: “Censorship for thee and not for me” (This week in books)

March 14, 2025 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! Earlier this year, Mark Zuckerberg went on a conservative apologia tour and, on the Joe Rogan show naturally, declared Facebook’s own fact-checking program like “something out of 1984” and that he worried about Facebook becoming “this sort of decider of what is true in the world.” No longer would Facebook be in […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Amazon, Censorship, Drew Broussard, Elon Musk, Facebook, Grimes, Jeanette Winterson, Kat Tenbarge, Lincoln Michel, Matt Bernstein, Middle Grade, OpenAI, Taylor Lorenz, Tin House, Zando

Bookshop.org launches e-books! (This week in books)

January 31, 2025 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! Some really terrific news for the book world this week as independent online bookseller Bookshop.org has launched its long-awaited e-book platform. You can now buy e-books that support many of your favorite independent bookstores! I gave the app a spin, and it looks great. For now they have traditionally published books, but […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: ALA Awards, Amazon, Audiobooks, Authors Against Book Bans, Authors Guild, Bookshop.org, BookTok, Censorship, DeepSeek, Emily Gould, George R.R. Martin, Kate McKean, Ken Whyte, OpenAI, PEN America, Sean Manning, Simon & Schuster

The book world rallies for Los Angeles (This week in books)

January 24, 2025 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! In a week where we have a new president and rich, evil dweebs are out doing Nazi salutes, the fight to ban books continues apace. In Utah, students can no longer even bring their personal copies of banned books to school. The list of banned books includes perennial book ban favorite Ellen […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Amanda Palmer, Amazon, Censorship, Climate Change, Ellen Hopkins, Gina Cherelus, Jessa Crispin, Justin Ray, Margaret Atwood, Nathalie op de Beeck, Neil Gaiman, Nikki High, Octavia's Bookshelf, OpenAI, Penguin Random House, Spike Jonze

Simon & Schuster turns 100 (This week in books)

April 5, 2024 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! First up, the blog will be going on a spring break over the next few weeks while I do some traveling, reflecting, and soccer watching. I’m anticipating a late April or early May return. But I’ll be working and checking email in the meantime, so don’t hesitate to reach out if you […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Aissa Dearing, Jonathan Karp, Mister Rogers, OpenAI, Pauline Kael, Ryan Chapman, Simon & Schuster

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