Nathan Bransford | Writing, Book Editing, Publishing
Helping authors achieve their dreams
Today is Trans Day of Visibility, and Thursday, April 3 marks the inaugural We Need Diverse Books Day. At a time when the mere concept of diversity itself is under assault by the full force of the United States government, now is not the time to get weak-kneed about affirming our values and standing up […]
This week! Books! The wonderful organization We Need Diverse Books is launching the inaugural We Need Diverse Books Day next Thursday, April 3, and they have a range of suggested activities, from posting/sharing diverse books to making a donation to the organization. I’ll be returning to this subject next week, but for reasons that are […]
This week! Books! Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook Meta allegedly pirated millions of books to train its A.I. via Library Genesis, or LibGen, a piracy library. The Atlantic created a searchable tool to see if your book(s) are available on LibGen, with the caveat that this means your book could have been used to train A.I. They […]
This week! Books! Could the end be near for mass market paperbacks, the small book format that has populated many a supermarket rack over the years? Mass market paperbacks have declined to 3% of all book sales, profit margins were always slim, and distributor Readerlink will stop shipping them at the end of 2025. According […]
This week! Books! First up, the blog will take next week off for the Thanksgiving holiday, and whether you’re in the U.S. or not, let me just say I’m very thankful for you! Thanks for reading and commenting and just generally hanging in there. Now then. In a harrowingly bizarre profile that should have content […]
This week! Books! First up, in honor of their 10th Anniversary, the wonderful organization We Need Diverse Books is having an auction with tons of great items, services, and meet and greets up for bid, including a query critique and thirty minute chat with yours truly. Bid bid bid! Alice Munro, one of the great […]
Helping authors achieve their dreams
