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Anthropic piracy settlement approved (This week in books)

July 24, 2026 by Nathan Bransford 1 Comment

This week! Books! First up, one of the results of the survey from a few weeks back was that people wanted me to post on social media more consistently. Consider it done! I’ve established a regular posting cadence sharing new advice and greatest hits on Threads, Facebook, Bluesky, Instagram, and would you believe it even […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: A.I., Adam Messinger, Adrian Woolridge, Anthropic, Censorship, David Wallace-Wells, Dua Lipa, Katie Porter, Megan Greenwell, Olivia Craighead, Robert Lee Brewer, Ron Charles, Sophia Nguyen, The Odyssey, Victoria Strauss

A literary A.I. scandal arrives (This week in books)

May 22, 2026 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! I’m back! For real this time! And what a dizzying few weeks it’s been while I globetrotted. As a writer, blogger, newsletter-er, and editor/consultant helping other writers, it feels like the ground’s shifting under my feet very, very fast. Artificial Intelligence is unleashing massive changes, and it’s daunting to make sense of […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: A.I., Alice Robb, Alina Maria Stan, Benjamin Mullin, Casey Newton, Censorship, David Epstein, David Foster Wallace, David O'Neill, Isaac Kolding, Jane Friedman, Jasmine Vojdani, Justin Rao, Laura Miller, Lauren Collins, Lincoln Michel, Lindsey Adler, Middle Grade, Nathalie op de Beeck, Patrick Brzeski, Pulitzer, R.F. Kuang, Scams, Valeriya Safronova, Vauhini Vara, Victoria Strauss

Two new publishing scams (This week in books)

January 31, 2026 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! A day late because Abolish ICE!! Congrats to the ALA award winners! Among the honorees: The Margaret A. Edwards lifetime achievement and Children’s Literature Legacy awards went to Candace Fleming. Two New Impersonation Scams to Watch For – Victoria Strauss, Writer Beware – Publishing scams were already rampant, and A.I. has only […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Adam Serwer, ALA Awards, Alexandra Alter, Cassie Mannes Murray, Claire Kirch, Don DeLillo, Emmett Lindner, George Monaghan, Karen Weise, Leslie Cohen, Liam Stack, Richard Beard, Scams, Stephen Fishbach, Victoria Strauss

This year in books (2025)

December 19, 2025 by Nathan Bransford

This year! Books! The word ninjas over at Merriam-Webster really nailed the word of the year for 2025: slop. Slop is on my mind so much lately. Not just for the uncannily creepy images and videos that have started filling my social media feeds, but for the way it’s affecting my perception of what’s real. […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: A.I., Alexandra Alter, Books-A-Million, Dan Blank, Emma Loffhagen, Hockey Romance, Jeanne Whalen, Kathleen Schmidt, Kindle, Max Berlinger, Merriam-Webster, Molly Templeton, Victoria Strauss

Are we in a book affordability crisis? (This week in books)

October 24, 2025 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! I’m still catching up after being out of town for a bit, so just links this week, but I’m hoping to return to a normal blogging cadence next week! Army of Bots: Deeper Into the Vortex of Nigerian Marketing Scams – Victoria Strauss, Writer Beware Book Bans Continue to Threaten the Wellbeing […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Censorship, Jane Friedman, Jim Milliot, Karis Rogerson, Kate McKean, Leigh Stein, Liam O'Donoghue, Manvir Singh, Maris Kreizman, R. Nassor, Victoria Strauss, Writer Beware

State-sponsored censorship week (This week in books)

September 19, 2025 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! I’m back, and luckily nothing at all happened while I was away (okay everything happened while I was away). Lots and lots of links this week! Let’s get to it. 2026 We Need Diverse Books Mentorship Program Application – Applications are now open for We Need Diverse Books’ terrific mentorship program for […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: A.I., Anne R. Allen, Censorship, Charlie Jane Anders, Copyright, Curtis Brown Ltd., Donald Trump, Dorian Lynskey, Ed Nawotka, Elaine R. Frieman, Fran Hoepfner, Genocide, Jimmy Kimmel, Jonny Geller, Kate McKean, Kristen Weber, Lee Child, Penguin Random House, Pooja Salhotra, Robert Lee Brewer, Russ Buettner, Scams, Sophia Stewart, Susanne Craig, Taylor Lorenz, Victoria Strauss, We Need Diverse Books

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