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Shatter Me Release Day!

November 15, 2011 by Nathan Bransford 17 Comments

If you don’t already know Tahereh Mafi from her innovative blog or witty Twitter stream or Tumblr or other locales where she has taken over the Internet, you probably will soon hear about ‘Shatter Me,’ her awesome dystopian YA novel that’s publishing today. ‘Shatter Me’ is about Juliette, whose touch is fatal, and who is […]

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Filed Under: Books Tagged With: book recommendations, Young Adult Literature

This Week in Books 9/23/11

September 23, 2011 by Nathan Bransford 23 Comments

These past few weeks! In books! As you may have been able to tell from my somewhat sporadic blogging I’ve had a rather bananas couple of weeks, so these links are somewhat spotty. But! I still aim to please with the link love. First up, wow, some massive news out of Facebook yesterday, as they […]

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Facebook, literary agents, Young Adult Literature

This Week in Books 8/26/11

August 26, 2011 by Nathan Bransford 42 Comments

This! Week! BOOKS. Wow. I’m actually on time with This Week in Books. Who still doesn’t believe in miracles?? First up, JACOB WONDERBAR cupcakes!! With recipe!! Yum, people. Yum: On to the links! There was rather large news in publishing this week as self-published superstar John Locke inked a deal with Simon and Schuster. FOR […]

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Jacob Wonderbar, Self-publishing, Young Adult Literature

This Week in Books 8/13/11

August 13, 2011 by Nathan Bransford 25 Comments

This! Week! Books! Saturday! First up, something I neglected to mention last week is that my former client C.Y. Gopinath’s truly fantastic novel THE BOOK OF ANSWERS has been published by HarperIndia, and it immediately shot into the Indian Top 10 bestseller list. TBOA is available as an e-book in the US and I can’t […]

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Amazon, E-books, E-Readers, literary agents, Literary Fiction, Publishing Economics, Young Adult Literature

What is the Best Childrens Book of All Time?

August 10, 2011 by Nathan Bransford 202 Comments

First up, if you haven’t yet entered your funny scene in the Jacob Wonderbar Funny Writing Contest Spectacular Happening Event, please do so! You have until tomorrow! Do it do it! Meanwhile, this question has not yet been asked on this blog: Which book do you think is the best children’s book of all time? […]

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Filed Under: Books Tagged With: book recommendations, You Tell Me, Young Adult Literature

Which Book Do You Most Wish You Had Written?

July 13, 2011 by Nathan Bransford 186 Comments

“Daniel in the Lion’s Den” – Peter Paul Rubens Simple question, not so simple answer. Which book do you most wish you had written? Are you going with the mega fortune? Literary greatness? Maybe a little of both? I’m going with The Great Gatsby. What about you?

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Filed Under: Books Tagged With: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Life of a Writer, Young Adult Literature

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