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The Great Resignation hits publishing (This week in books)

March 18, 2022 by Nathan Bransford 5 Comments

This week! Books! The Great Resignation. Publishing style. Editors are creaking under chronically low pay, ever-expanding publisher expectations, publisher under-investment in support infrastructure like contracts departments… and oh yes, all of this is happening amid bonanza years for publishers’ bottom lines. This makes it accordingly more difficult for young agents to get their books read […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Alexandra Horowitz, Censorship, coronavirus, Elisabeth Egan, Erin Somers, Kate McKean, Meredith Maran, Octopus, Olivia Fisher, Picture Books, publishing industry, Quarto, Rider Strong

How picture books work (a very brief primer)

March 5, 2018 by Nathan Bransford 3 Comments

Nathan here! Back in my agenting days I had the pleasure of working with Tracy Marchini, who has since gone on to become an agent with BookEnds Literary and a published picture book author. I invited her to talk about what makes picture books stand out. Take it away, Tracy! Whether I’m writing my own […]

Filed Under: Publishing Industry Tagged With: Picture Books

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