Nathan Bransford | Writing, Book Editing, Publishing
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If you’re pursuing traditional publication, brace yourself, because you’re gonna get rejection letters. Even when a project ends up finding a literary agent and eventually a publisher, the “nos” almost always arrive before the “yeses.” Every single bestselling author you’ve ever heard of has received rejection letters at some point, and some received a mountain’s […]
This week! Books! Unsealed Files Show Open AI/Microsoft Knew Copying Was Illegal and Could Hurt Authors – Jim Milliot, Publishers Weekly – Unsealed court documents show OpenAI and Microsoft employees knew their book piracy operations were illegal and could harm authors, which should have plaintiffs’ attorneys salivating over penalties and a potential settlement. Pay up! […]
I’m going a little retro today with a Buzzfeed-style header and some hot takes about elements that don’t belong in a query letter. Here’s the thing though, if I’m being fully honest: there are no rules. There’s no industry standard when it comes to things that MUST or MUST NOT be in a query letter. […]
This week! Books! Microsoft and OpenAI Workers Worry About ‘Largest Theft of Labor’ in History (gift link) – Karen Weise and Mike Isaac, New York Times – Microsoft and OpenAI workers were taking notes during a criminal conspiracy, namely Microsoft employees wondering whether OpenAI was busy committing the largest labor theft in history. (Yes! They […]
How long does it take to sell a novel to a traditional publisher? About that long. But in seriousness, while there aren’t statistics that track average time spent on submission, anecdotally it seems like it’s taking longer than ever. In this post, I’m going to break down how long you can expect it to take, […]
This week! Books! The Nonfiction Book Market is Collapsing / Radical Ideas for Fixing the Nonfiction Book Market – Sean deLone, Dear Head of Mine – For a very long time, nonfiction was the stable, predictable, bread and butter of the publishing industry, outselling more unpredictable fiction. In the past decade, as overall sales have […]
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