Nathan Bransford | Writing, Book Editing, Publishing
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The last few weeks! Books! I’m back! Though I’m quite busy catching up, and extraordinarily jet-lagged. Today’s collection of links will be presented mainly in list format, but there are lots of good ones. Enjoy! Appeals Court Reverses Ruling in Texas Book Ban Case – Nathalie op de Beeck, Publishers Weekly – An extremely disappointing […]
This week! Books! If you spent any time at all on Twitter By Mark Zuckerberg–aka Threads–this week, you probably came across some hyperbole about freelance editing and whether paying for editing prior to seeking publication is akin to lighting all of your money on fire or, contra, so vital to your publication chances you might […]
This week! Books! Actress and (as I only learned this week) talk show host Drew Barrymore sparked an immense amount of controversy this week as she announced the return of her show The Drew Barrymore Show without union writers, who are on an ongoing months-long strike. Writers including Colson Whitehead noted the irony that Barrymore […]
This week! Books! The blog is going to take an end-of-summer hiatus over the next few weeks and I’ll be back here after Labor Day. Also…………….. how is summer almost over?? I have very proudly never read/watched one of the paragons of white savior narratives The Blind Side, but some extremely distressing allegations emerged around […]
This week! Books! There were two breakout bestsellers in publishing this week that are sure to make fantastic case studies in Harvard Business Review. Here’s how to make a book a bestseller in the 2020s: You too can make your book a bestseller by following these very easy steps! Oh, and it may also help […]
This week! Books! The 2021 Pulitzer Prizes were announced, and Louise Erdrich won the prestigious prize for fiction! Here are the book-related winners: The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich (Fiction) Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America by Marcia Chatelain (History) The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X by Les Payne and Tamara […]
Helping authors achieve their dreams
