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The best book covers of 2024 (This week in books)

December 13, 2024 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! TikTok has been a somewhat unlikely boon to the publishing industry via its books-obsessed crowd, nicknamed BookTok, which has propelled authors like Colleen Hoover and Emily Henry to mega-bestsellerdom. So it likely sent a chill through the business that a federal court unanimously upheld a law that requires its parent company, ByteDance, […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Book covers, Censorship, David J. Morris, Giles Harvey, Goodreads, J. David McSwane, Kate McKean, Lincoln Michel, M.J. Rose, Ned Blackhawk, TikTok, Victoria Strauss

Is it time for celebrity kids books to go? (This week in books)

October 25, 2024 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! Another week, another celebrity children’s book announcement, this time actor Keira Knightley writing a book called I Love You Just the Same for Simon & Schuster UK. Maybe it was the anodyne title, maybe it was a “last straw” that had been building, but for some reason this time around it struck […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Adam Schatz, Alex Barasch, Bang Si-hyuk, Charlotte Levin, Clint Smith, Dan Sinykin, David Barnett, DongWon Song, Ella Creamer, Erin Somers, Evan Friss, Freida McFadden, Genocide, Jessa Crispin, Keira Knightley, Lucy Knight, Ruwaida Kamal Amer, Shardai Smith, Sophie Vershbow, Victoria Strauss

“Sweet Valley High” creator passes away at 92 (This week in books)

August 2, 2024 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! If you’re a Gen Xer or Cusp Millennial chances are you either binged on the Sweet Valley High books or know someone who did. The creator of the series, Francince Pascal, passed away at 92. Congrats to the Booker Prize finalists! New allegations have emerged against author Neil Gaiman, which he denies. […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Alissa Wilkinson, Booker Prize, Censorship, Francine Pascal, J.D. Vance, Loren Long, Neil Gaiman, The Matrix, Victoria Strauss, Writer Beware

What writers should do when they’ve been scammed (This week in books)

June 24, 2024 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! I’m under the weather with COVID today (careful out there!), so I’ll be listing these links instead of summarizing. But here are some of the best writing and books links I spotted in the past few weeks: The Latest Impersonation Scams – Victoria Strauss, Writer Beware Cheated, Swindled, or Scammed: What’s a […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Charlie Jane Anders, Dan Sinykin, Ed Nawotka, Ferris Jabr, Kate McKean, Lincoln Michel, Richard Jean So, Sadie Stein, Victoria Strauss, Writer Beware

The bestselling frontlist books of 2023 (This week in books)

January 19, 2024 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! First up, impersonation scams are the rage among the unsavory people trying to prey on authors. Be really careful that the “agent” who reaches out to you really is who they say they are. Now, according to Writer Beware’s Victoria Strauss, there is an entire website imitating Macmillan Publishers. Yes, really. Be […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Bookstores, Jessica Mason, Music, Victoria Strauss, Vroman's, We Need Diverse Books, Writer Beware

This Year in Books (2023)

December 22, 2023 by Nathan Bransford

This year! Books! When we look back, I think we’ll see 2023 as a significant year of transition for the publishing industry. And yet what we’re transitioning to feels murkier to predict than at any time I’ve been involved in the business. The year is full of several different potentially massive changes, but the full […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Aman Kochar, Baker & Taylor, Isabella Hammad, Jim Milliot, Sally Rooney, Victoria Strauss

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