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Has the Big 5 become the Big 6? (This week in books)

November 21, 2025 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! Sourcebooks Cracks the Big Five – Katy Hershberger, Publishers Lunch – Lots of caveats here, as Sourcebooks is 75% owned by behemoth Penguin Random House, and as Jane Friedman noted in her newsletter, they do quite a few print deals with self-published authors who retain e-book rights. But it’s still a pretty […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: A.I., Alice Wong, Catherine Pearson, Clay Risen, Daniel Yadin, Dennis Zhou, Eliza Clark, Elon Musk, Jay Foreman, Jessa Crispin, Josh Taylor, Kate McKean, Katy Hershberger, Katy Waldman, Kelly Burke, Mark Cooper-Jones, Rebecca Makkai, Romantasy, Scams, Solvej Balle, Sourcebooks

Important: Did Anthropic pirate your book? Register for class action lawsuit info (This week in books)

August 22, 2025 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! This month is racing by, and it’s almost time for our next First Thursday Office Hours. Join me on September 4 at 9pm ET / 6pm PT and ask me anything! Exclusively for newsletter subscribers. Anthropic AI Class Action: Important Information for Authors – Authors Guild – Very important for authors whose […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: A.I., Adam Tooze, Alexandra Alter, Andrew Limbong, Anthropic, Claire Kirch, Dan Blank, Gaza, Ghostwritin, Google, Han Zhang, Hugo Awards, Joanne O'Sullivan, Rachel Louise, Romantasy, Sally Rooney, Translation

An inside look at rampant publishing scams (This week in books)

July 18, 2025 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! ‘Our Goal Is to Get Their Money’: Inside a Firm Charged With Scamming Writers for Millions – Brent Crane, Bloomberg (gift link) – A well-reported and wrenching look into rampant scams preying on authors. One reason so many of the scams originate in the Philippines is because some of the scammers cut […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: A.I., Alan Gratz, Alex Reisner, Barry Petchesky, Bill Watterson, Brent Crane, Charlie Jane Anders, Ed Caesar, Erik Ofgang, Jane Friedman, Jeffrey Trachtenberg, Jim Milliot, Joanne O'Sullivan, Keith Sawyer, Libraries, Linda Lowen, Martin Cruz Smith, Romantasy, Scams, Scholastic

An Unbound mess (This week in books)

June 6, 2025 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! I’m experimenting with a new hybrid format with the links with titles, publications, and commentary when applicable. Let me know what you think! After Unbound’s Collapse, Boundless Faces Uphill Battle to Rebuild Trust – Ed Nawotka, Publishers Weekly / Unbound/Boundless Co-Founder Apologizes After Resignation – Katy Hershberger, Publishers Lunch – After Unbound […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Alia Hanna Habib, Anna Diamond, Anna Louie Sussman, Audiobooks, Ed Nawotka, Elisabeth Egan, Erin Bowman, Jim Milliot, Kathleen Schmidt, Katy Hershberger, Mark O'Connell, Mr. Beast, Romantasy, Tom Comitta, Tyler Austin Harper

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