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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

Penguin Random House blocked from acquiring Simon & Schuster (This week in books)

November 4, 2022 by Nathan Bransford 5 Comments

This week! Books! Massive, massive news for the publishing industry, and, in truth, for all US antitrust law as the DOJ successfully convinced Judge Florence Pan that Penguin Random House’s proposed acquisition of Simon & Schuster would create a monopsony that would harm authors. This is particularly notable because antitrust precedent over the past 50 […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Artificial Intelligence, Florence Pan, Franklin Foer, Jeffrey Trachtenberg, Jessica Toonkel, P.N. Hinton, Penguin Random House, Stephanie Burt, Tressie McMillan Cottom, Twitter, Victoria Song

The art of revision (This week in books)

December 3, 2021 by Nathan Bransford 2 Comments

This week! Books! First up, there are two great ways you can contribute to some worthy causes this week. I’m donating a query critique that you can bid on to support We Need Diverse Books! And please consider donating to my 13th annual Heifer International fundraiser! Now then, I have lots and lots and lots […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Alice Sebold, book recommendations, David Moldower, Don Maass, Fonda Lee, Jane Friedman, Joe Zadeh, Kiese Laymon, Lincoln Michel, Realms of Ruin, Science Fiction, Tressie McMillan Cottom, We Need Diverse Books

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