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Nathan Bransford

This Week in the Blogs: March 7 – 13, 2010

March 14, 2010 3 comments

I’ve had a recurring fantasy of making a screencast of what goes into designing the interior of a book. This week, Lauren Panepinto, in a little under 2 minutes, makes magic, snatching a book cover design apparently out of thin air. And breaking down the transition to digital text, ways to make your phone a [...]

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Top 5 Discussion Forums for Self-Publishers

February 18, 2010 21 comments

The greatest asset an author has to help them navigate the unknown waters of self-publishing is the accumulated wisdom of people who’ve been there before. I’ve always been impressed by how friendly the independent book publishing community is. Maybe part of the reason is that books very rarely compete with one another. As readers know, [...]

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Nathan Bransford’s Holiday Giving Intiative

December 23, 2009 36 comments

One of the blogs I follow is from Nathan Bransford, literary agent at the San Francisco office of Curtis Brown Ltd. Nathan came up with a terrific idea: contribute to Heifer International, a favorite charity, for each comment to his blog. This has resulted, the last time I looked, in over 350 comments. He invited [...]

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This Week in the Blogs: December 14 – 20, 2009

December 20, 2009 0 comments

It’s almost Christmas, and many people are traveling for the holiday, making last-minute preparations, and the blogosphere is relatively quiet. However, that doesn’t mean there isn’t great content coming at us every day, and among the yearly round-ups, top ten lists, and prognostications for the future, here are some that caught my eye. Enjoy! Nathan [...]

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