Nathan Bransford | Writing, Book Editing, Publishing
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This week! Books! Publishers, Authors File Class Action Lawsuit Against Google – Jim Milliot, Publishers Weekly / Book publishers sue Google for copyright infringement over Gemini AI training – Emma Loffhagen, The Guardian – Hachette, Cengage Learning, and Elsevier, along with author Scott Turow, have launched a class action lawsuit arguing that Google illegally repurposed […]
Whether you’re pursuing traditional publishing or self-publishing, it’s crucial to enter the process with the best novel or proposal you can possibly write. Here’s how to find the best book editor for you, and what to do once you’ve found one. In this post I’m going to cover: What is a book editor? The book […]
This week! Books! You wouldn’t know it’s publishing’s summer quiet season with the number of links I have this week, so let’s get to it. Hachette Book Group Employees Vote to Unionize – Alexandra Alter, New York Times – Book publishing continues a trend toward organized labor, as Hachette’s employees formed the largest trade union […]
One of the most difficult parts of writing a query letter: sticking the landing. It’s so important to tie things together and leave the agent wanting to smash the reply button to ask for the manuscript. But so many query letters I see just kind of limply fizzle out. Here’s some advice on landing the […]
This week! Books! A little early because of the holiday this weekend. First up, I was on a podcast this week with Serenity Bohon, where I talked about some things I’ve never spoken about publicly before: why I left publishing and what led me to return, my creative ecosystem, weaving together meaning and work, and […]
I’ve worked with many older writers over the years, and one of the things I appreciate most about writing is that it’s never too late to write well. With the recent success of Theo of Golden by Allen Levi, a runaway success by a 70-year-old debut author, it occurred to me that I’ve never written […]
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