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WNDB launches new initiative to fight censorship (This week in books)

December 2, 2022 by Nathan Bransford 1 Comment

This week! Books! The fantastic organization We Need Diverse Books has launched a new initiative to combat censorship called Books Saves Lives. Claire Kirch at Publishers Weekly has some background on the new program, and I hope you’ll consider donating! Who was the world’s first author? Over 4,000 years ago, a priestess in what is […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Bob Dylan, Claire Kirch, Elizabeth Winkler, John Winn Miller, Nick Fuller Googins, Simon & Schuster, Susan Dennard, Tressie McMillan Cottom, We Need Diverse Books

The PRH/S&S merger heads to court (This week in books)

July 29, 2022 by Nathan Bransford Leave a Comment

This week! Books! We’re getting into the doldrums of summer, but I still have a few links to share with you this week. First up, there’s an auction this weekend to support two great organizations, We Need Diverse Books and NaNoWriMo! There are lots of great items to bid on, and I’m offering a thirty […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Amazon, Artificial Intelligence, Barack Obama, Charlie Warzel, Delia Owens, Man Booker, NaNoWriMo, Penguin Random House, Rebecca Stott, Simon & Schuster, We Need Diverse Books

RIP Eric Carle, creator of “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” (This week in books)

May 28, 2021 by Nathan Bransford Leave a Comment

This week! Books! Lots and lots of links from the past few weeks, but first, in case you’re not a newsletter subscriber, a quick heads-up that I’m offering special “Get your writing back on track” discounts, including 25-35% off coaching sessions and a special editing package to get you unstuck. So if you’re not yet […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Alex Shepard, Camryn Garrett, Casey Cep, Constance Grady, Diana Giovinazzo, Emily Wenstrom, Eric Carle, James McGowan, Jane Friedman, Jessica Faust, Kate McKean, Kristin Nelson, Lincoln Michel, Lisa Lucas, NFTs, Rachelle Gardner, Simon & Schuster, Stacey Abrams

S&S employees and authors protest Pence’s upcoming memoir (This week in books)

April 30, 2021 by Nathan Bransford 1 Comment

This week! Books! Hundreds of Simon & Schuster employees and over 3,500 other supporters signed a letter calling upon S&S CEO Jonathan Karp to stop publishing books by former members of the Trump Administration, including Vice President Mike Pence, who recently received a reported multi-million book deal for his memoir. The letter cited Pence’s advocacy […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Angela Ackerman, Blake Bailey, Disney, Jonathan Karp, Kate McKean, Lincoln Michel, Mike Pence, Philip Roth, Simon & Schuster

S&S removes distribution for cop’s book (This week in books)

April 16, 2021 by Nathan Bransford 2 Comments

This has been another really distressing week in America, and my heart goes out to everyone who has been affected in any way by all the senseless violence. Let’s look out for ourselves and each other, Black Lives Matter, support commonsense gun and police reform, and we all need to do our part to dismantle […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: #BlackLivesMatter, Amanda Gorman, David Gaughran, Doreen St. Felix, Jessica Faust, Kindle Vella, Monica Leonelle, publishing industry, R.O. Kwon, Simon & Schuster

S&S to publish Pence’s memoir (This week in books)

April 9, 2021 by Nathan Bransford Leave a Comment

This week! Books! Publisher McGraw Hill is under fire for charging its freelancers a 2.2% “administrative” fee just to get paid. This is another form of wage theft and it needs to stop. Freelance isn’t free. Simon & Schuster will publish former Vice President Mike Pence’s memoir, which will “address the many pivotal moments of […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: #FreelanceIsntFree, Andrew Cuomo, Barbara Linn Probst, David Gaughran, McGraw Hill, Mike Pence, Simon & Schuster, Willie Dunn

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