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Drew Barrymore finds a resolve for her scab controversy (This week in books)

September 22, 2023 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! After first releasing a now-deleted defense of bringing her eponymous show back despite an ongoing writers strike, Drew Barrymore summoned every bit of astute humility she possessed and found the hoped for resolve by pausing her talk show until the strike is over. And about that strike: WGA and the studios have […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Alex Ross, Amazon, Anne R. Allen, Ashley Fetters Maloy, Authors Guild, Bookshop.org, Censorship, Drew Barrymore, Franz Liszt, Gay Talese, Katy Hershberg, KKR, OpenAI, Simon & Schuster, WGA

How publishers are mining the backlist (This week in books)

June 2, 2023 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! No posts next week as I’m headed to NYC for a round of lunching with publishing professionals and meeting up with friends. I aim to be back blogging later on in June, but I’ll be checking emails in the meantime, so continue to reach out for editing. In my update on the […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Alexis Gunderson, Censorship, Elizabeth A. Harris, Lincoln Michel, Open Road, Peter Jamison, WGA, Zara Raheem

WGA goes on strike (This week in books)

May 5, 2023 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! Writers Guild of America, representing screen and TV writers, initiated a strike this week for the first time since a 2007 shutdown that lasted 100 days. Despite the boom of streaming service content, inflation-adjusted median pay has declined 23%, and writers also have their eye on competition from artificial intelligence. Writers of […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Anna Kodé, Censorship, David Kipen, Kate McKean, Laura Portwood-Stacer, Los Angeles, Motoko Rich, Raymond Chandler, Steph Cha, WGA

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