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RIP Dolly Parton, storyteller and literacy champion (This week in books)

August 28, 2026 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! Dolly Parton, Superstar Whose Songs Spoke to Millions, Dies at 80 (gift link) – Bill Friskics-Warren, New York Times – Dolly Parton’s greatness was just about the only thing this country could agree upon, and it was particularly devastating to lose her during such a fractured time. Of course she looms largest […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: AI, Amazon, Bill Friskics-Warren, Copyright, Dolly Parton, Elise Broach, Emanuel Maiberg, Emily St. Martin, Greta Rainbow, Holland Cotter, Joanne O'Sullivan, Josh Marshall, Meg Mason, Natalie Portman, Peter Grainger, Rachel Cusk, Sarah Lyall, Tressie McMillan Cottom

Amazon destroying rare books to train AI (This week in books)

August 21, 2026 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! Okay now we really are in the dog days of publishing summer. But I still have some good links for you! First up, back by popular demand, I’ll once again be hosting office hours on September 3 at 9pm ET / 6pm PT. In order to join, you need to be a […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: AI, Alexandra Alter, Amazon, Ann Duan, Anna Silman, Anthropic, Cara Giaimo, Emanuel Maiberg, Jason Koebler, Jeff Jarvis, Natalie Portman, Rachel Cusk, Science

Amazon allegedly building the most polluting power plant in the U.S. (This week in books)

August 14, 2026 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! Normally this is the quiet dog days of publishing summer, but you wouldn’t know it from the number of links I have for you this week! New Amazon Data Center Stokes Worry It Would Be the Most Polluting Power Plant in the U.S. – Hiroko Tabuchi, New York Times – As a […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: A.I., Amazon, Ashli O'Connell, Barack Obama, Book covers, Caro Claire Burke, Ed Simon, Elon Musk, Erik Piepenburg, Hannah Miller, Hiroko Tabuchi, Jane Friedman, Jay Bennett, Jill Lepore, Kathleen Schmidt, MacKenzie Scott, Madison Muller, Mary Kole, Matt Baker, Mia Ballard, Middle Grade, Phil Steele, Pooja Makhijani, Rachel Syme, Rainesford Stauffer, Romantasy, Sam Altman, Science, The Drey Dossier

Amazon bricks old Kindles (This week in books)

May 1, 2026 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! I’m between trips at the moment and popping up with a few links that caught my eye while I was away. Please keep reaching out if you need editing, and my blog will properly return at the end of this month! For the first time ever, Amazon is cutting old Kindles off […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Alvina Ling, Amazon, Andrew Cunningham, Bookshop.org, Charlie Jane Anders, Daniel Engber, Ed Nawotka, Frazier Tharpe, Jay-Z, Kate McKean, Keith Roysdon, Kenneth Whyte, Kevin Lincoln, Laura B. McGrath, Maddie Connors, Maia Snow, Sandy Ernest Allen, Shannon Maughan, Stephen King, TikTok

Trump allies buying TikTok (This Week in Books)

September 26, 2025 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! First up, a happy plug. It’s always so exciting to see a book I’ve worked on in manuscript form come to fruition, let alone when it becomes a freakin’ Jenna Hager Bush Today Show book club selection. Congrats to Heather O’Neill and The Irish Goodbye, which is on sale next Tuesday! So […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: A.I., Alexandra Alter, Amazon, Annelise Levy, Audiobooks, Dan Blank, David A. Keeps, Elizabeth A. Harris, Emmett Lindner, Heather O'Neill, Jenna Hager Bush, Jim Milliot, Lauren Hirsch, Susan Dennard, TikTok, Tripp Mickle

Anthropic settles its piracy lawsuit (This week in books)

August 29, 2025 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! I’m running a bit behind this Friday morning, so we’ll have links (mostly) without captions this week. But in the meantime, don’t forget about my second Office Hours on September 4 at 9pm ET / 6pm PT, exclusively for newsletter subscribers! Anthropic Settles Major AI Copyright Suit Brought by Authors – Annelise […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: A.I., Amazon, Annelise Levy, Anthropic, Aruni Soni, Claire Kirch, Daniel Currell, Disney, Elizabeth A. Harris, Elizabeth Gilbert, Jia Tolentino, Jim Milliot, Lauren Groff, Lauren Harvey, Penny Sansevieri

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