The short novel narrating a day in the life of six astronauts on the International Space Station becomes the first book to top the charts in the week of its winSamantha Harvey’s Booker-winning Orbital has rocketed to the top of the UK bestseller chart, becoming the first Booker novel to hit... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-11-20 15:01:38 UTC ]
The far-right activist’s Manifesto briefly topped the website’s chart. It is gone now, but the comments make for worrying readingIt’s always tempting to self-soothe when the far right is on the march. Tommy Robinson’s new book, Manifesto: Free Speech, Real Democracy, Peaceful Disobedience,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-10-15 10:00:56 UTC ]
Enthusiasts are customising their favourite works and being rewarded with wide social media followingThe videos often begin with every bibliophile’s nightmare: a person ripping the covers off a book.They are not vandals, however; they are bookbinders, taking part in a growing trend for replacing... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-05-12 08:00:50 UTC ]
The Great British Sewing Bee judge on her mother’s first edition Elizabeth David books, Greek food, and cramming people into her tiny flat for dinnerI make porridge every morning – that’s from school. I went to a convent boarding school from the age of five. And they did do interesting food,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-04-20 15:00:29 UTC ]
Writing and reading poems is no longer a minority pastime as verse overlaps with self-help genre and classics are revisitedIt was only last year that the Scottish poet Donna Ashworth was given a publishing contract. Now the 48-year-old has ended 2023 with five of her books in the Top 20 poetry... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-12-24 12:00:53 UTC ]
First edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone bought by UK book collector goes up for auction next weekIt is a book that has certainly lived up to its name: a rare edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone bought for 30p could fetch up to £5,000 at auction.The first novel... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-06-30 09:29:28 UTC ]
From ‘all the books I read this month’ pictures on Instagram to Goodreads targets, we are forgetting to read for pleasureHow long will it take you to read this article? It would almost certainly take me longer. On average, adults read about 240 words a minute, but I always exceed those pesky... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-12-31 09:00:13 UTC ]
How to bake black pepper snowballs… vengefully. | Lit Hub Food Costumes, plotting, mise-en-scène, monologues: Lyle Jeremy Rubin on how war becomes a (deadly) performance. | Lit Hub Memoir They lie to us, they weigh about as much as a hardback copy of Infinite Jest, and other fun facts... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-11-04 10:30:24 UTC ]
Year-to-date hardback revenues were down 7.5 percent in May at US$1.2 billion, paperbacks up 8.7 percent for $1.3 billion. The post American Publishers’ StatShot: US Industry Down 3.7 Percent in May appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2022-08-01 22:50:37 UTC ]
Charlie Mackesy’s The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse has become the UK’s bestselling adult hardback book since records began, according to figures released by publisher Ebury. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-16 07:15:56 UTC ]
The author likes small bookshops. So he won’t let the online giant sell his new hardbackThe plight of the high street bookshop, struggling against the power of the online giants, is a common complaint either side of the Atlantic. But not often do the prominent players, the authors and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-10-03 08:00:23 UTC ]
Sally Rooney’s latest novel Beautiful World, Where Are You (Faber) is already the biggest-selling hardback fiction title of 2021 at Waterstones after just three days on sale, the chain's m.d. James Daunt has said. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-09-10 14:57:27 UTC ]
As a physical component of the book, the cover is a skin, a membrane, and a safeguard: paper jackets protect hardback boards from scuffing and sun damage, while paperback covers not only hold the book together but also keep its sheets clean and safe from tearing. In the past, paper jackets were... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-11-25 09:49:15 UTC ]
You would expect the recent coronavirus crisis to have helped digital entertainment, but with reading it is still led by the traditional hardback and softback formats. However, the pandemic is helping to dethrone physical books, as people are more cautious about going out. While paper books... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2020-11-11 10:35:53 UTC ]
Canongate is to publish Matt Haig's latest non-fiction title, The Comfort Book, as a super-lead hardback next summer. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-12 19:24:30 UTC ]
Headline Review will publish Freya Berry's debut novel, The Dictator’s Wife, as a lead hardback launch in 2022. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-01 22:16:14 UTC ]
Bookshops are gearing up for another bumper Super Thursday with around 355 new trade hardback books hitting the shelves today (1st October), with some warning of a "creaking" supply chain. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-01 00:12:40 UTC ]
Michael Joseph has acquired The Hollow Sea by Annie Kirby, a literary debut about grief, recovery, and identity, set to be a lead hardback for 2022. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-09-17 11:44:41 UTC ]
Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club (Penguin) has charted top of the Bookstat e-book top 10 in its second week on sale, rising from third to score an across-formats double, after its hardback claimed the UK Official Top 50 number one through Nielsen BookScan's TCM. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-09-16 21:50:09 UTC ]
Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club (Penguin) has topped the Amazon Charts' Most-Sold: Fiction top 20 for a second week running, in the same week its hardback claimed a second week atop the UK Official Top 50 chart through Nielsen BookScan's Total Consumer Market. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-09-16 05:52:35 UTC ]