As most people reading this website are aware, the literary media has been in steady decline for the last two decades. So in December 2022, when USA Today announced it was putting its bestseller list “on hiatus”—internet parlance for “dead and gone forever”—most of us saw it as one more nail in... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-06-28 14:05:30 UTC ]
What were people reading during the days of grunge rock and the Clinton presidency? What was the highest number of bestsellers by Stephen King on a single list? Remember the Gone with the Wind sequel? Take a trip down memory lane with PW's annual bestselling adult books list from 1990-2013, our... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Zed Books has launched a new website promoting short form content, to respond to the increase in people reading on their mobile phones. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
BannedBooksWeek.org made a list of the 10 most challenged titles of 2014. Which one would you make a case for lots of people reading? Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
James Patterson has launched a campaign in the US to persuade President Barack Obama to draw attention to the importance of reading. The campaign, which has the hashtag #SaveOurBooks on Twitter, asks people to sign a petition, write to their politicians, spread to word on social media and find... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]