The year’s autobiography big-hitters haven’t sold as well as expected, with buyers disenchanted by pricing and lack of feelgood topicsFrom actors and musicians to athletes and presenters, there are no shortage of celebrity memoirs on bookshop shelves. This year has seen new books published by a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-12-09 10:52:17 UTC ]
Almost 6,000 copies of Girl, Woman, Other sold in the week after Evaristo’s win alongside Margaret AtwoodBernadine Evaristo’s Girl, Woman, Other more than doubled its lifetime sales in the week following its Booker prize win, with joint winner The Testaments by Margaret Atwood also flying off... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-10-22 16:25:45 UTC ]
Rushed into print after the US president said there were ‘fine people on both sides’ of the Charlottesville clashes, Mark Bray’s guide provides tactics for those hoping to ‘defeat the resurgent far right’When US president Donald Trump drew a parallel between the far-right protestors in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Key festive titles from publishers are now on bookshop shelves, including a number of new titles from big-name authors. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Philip Stone Publication Date: Wed, 02/11/2011 - 14:00 Walter Isaacson's biography of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs sold 379,000 copies in the US in its first week on bookshop shelves, BookScan US data has revealed. The $35 publication, published by Simon & Schuster in the US,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-11-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Philip Stone Publication Date: Wed, 02/11/2011 - 08:27 Walter Isaacsons biography of the late Steve Jobs has become one of the fastest-selling hardback non-fiction books since records began. Brought forward from its original publication date of 24th November following the Apple... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-11-02 00:00:00 UTC ]