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All about dedications in books (This week in books)

September 20, 2024 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! First up, I’m taking an early fall blog break over the next few weeks and will be back posting in October. As always, I’ll still be answering emails and scheduling edits and coaching sessions, so feel free to reach out if I can be helpful. Sophie Masson has a cool post on […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: A.I., Andrea Long Chu, Cynthia Swanson, Draft2Digital, Hans Haacke, Kate McKean, Kathleen Schmidt, M.H. Miller, Sally Rooney, Self-publishing, Sophie Masson, Thomas Gebremedhin

Traditional publishing vs. self-publishing. Which should you choose?

November 6, 2023 by Nathan Bransford

To self-publish or traditionally publish. That is the question. Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of agents and publishers or to take arms against a sea of books on Amazon, and by being among them, rise above? To die, to sleep (oh wait you won’t), to sleep perchance to […]

Filed Under: Publishing Industry Tagged With: Life of a Writer, publishing industry, Self-publishing

From a self-published debut to bestsellerdom (This week in books)

February 11, 2022 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! You may have noticed that Colleen Hoover is dominating the top of the adult fiction bestseller list, often with three titles in the top 5. Lily Herman profiles her rise from her bestselling self-published debut to becoming the third most followed author on Goodreads. RIP to the prolific author and illustrator Ashley […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Andy Hunter, Ashley Bryan, Colleen Hoover, Jules Verne, Lily Herman, Porter Anderson, Self-publishing

How to write a novel in three days (This week in books)

June 25, 2021 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! Summer is upon us, and I’ll be taking a blog break next week, returning on Wednesday July 7. I’ll be checking email though, so don’t hesitate to reach out to me for editing! In the meantime, summer tends to be a very slow time for publishing news, but I found some good […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Adam Gopnik, Ambrose Bierce, Brad Frazer, Dan Sheehan, Lincoln Michel, michael moorcock, Mike Shatzkin, NFTs, Self-publishing

Marketing tips for reaching your first readers from David Gaughran

July 14, 2020 by Nathan Bransford

It’s very daunting to launch a book in the current climate, but there are opportunities as well. I reached out to one of my favorite book marketing experts, David Gaughran, to talk about how authors can utilize digital ads to reach their first readers, the importance of Amazon metadata, the importance of your newsletter, and […]

Filed Under: Book Marketing, Self-publishing Tagged With: Amazon, Bookbub, David Gaughran, Facebook, Self-publishing

Stephen King’s turning his house into a writers retreat (This week in books)

October 18, 2019 by Nathan Bransford

Photograph of a rice harvester

This week! The books! You still have until 7pm tonight to enter the 6th Stupendously Ultimate First Paragraph Challenge! There is pride at stake. Also prizes. Enter now for a chance to win a $100 gift certificate from your favorite independent bookstore! Meanwhile, the publishing world did not grind to a halt for our contest […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Aleksander Hemon, Jandy Nelson, Nate Hoffelder, Self-publishing

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