Adult Nonfiction Drives Late July Gains

Strong sales in the adult nonfiction category led to a 2% increase in overall print unit sales in the week ended July 29, 2018, compared to the similar week in 2017, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
News tagged with: #strong sales #2% increase

Other Publishing stories related to: 'Adult Nonfiction Drives Late July Gains'

Elena Ferrante Returns With ‘The Lying Life of Adults’

In her first novel in five years, the author of “My Brilliant Friend” revisits old themes. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2020-09-01 09:00:11 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #lying life #first novel

Elena Ferrante returns with ‘The Lying Life of Adults,’ and fans of the Neopolitan novels will be thrilled

As in “My Brilliant Friend,” Ferrante’s new novel follows a girl who measures her worth against another complicated character. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-08-31 12:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #lying life #brilliant friend

Print Unit Sales Up 8% in Late August

With all but one category posting increases, unit sales of print books rose 8% in the week ended Aug. 22, 2020, over the comparable week in 2019 at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #late august

A grandfather ponders the best books to keep children — and their adults — entertained

The 1980s and ‘90s were a golden age for children’s literature. The best of the bunch feel as fresh as ever. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-08-26 13:17:28 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #golden age

Print Units Post Double-Digit Gains in Mid-August

Unit sales of print books jumped 14.3% in the week ended Aug. 15, 2020, over the comparable week in 2019, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan, with sales skyrocketing in three categories. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |

August Kicks Off with Big Gain in Print Unit Sales

Driven by strong sales from a host of new titles, unit sales of print books jumped 24.8% in the week ended Aug. 8, 2020, over the comparable week in 2019, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #big gain #strong sales

Mermaid mania is real, and it’s seeping into the realm of nonfiction books

A variety of books aim to make sense of our obsession with these mystical beings. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-08-13 12:37:46 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #nonfiction books #make sense

8 Awesome Zombie Books for Adults

An undead reading list for adults, from creature horror fiction to nonfiction on the history of zombies in pop culture. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2020-08-13 10:34:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #pop culture

July Religion Bestsellers: Inspiring Advice and Stories with Secrets

Encouragement in turbulent times leads the nonfiction list, while fiction readers escape to romance -- and mystery. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #nonfiction list

Three new audiobooks make a long drive fly by

Among the picks: Natasha Trethewey’s poignant memoir, which the poet narrates herself. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-08-10 12:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #natasha trethewey #poignant memoir

SoA launches fundraising drive as money for Covid-hit writers runs low

The Society of Authors is launching a fundraising drive to help top up its Authors’ Contingency Fund, ensuring it can continue to offer hardship grants to authors as the effects of the health crisis continue to be felt.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-09 17:04:03 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #fundraising drive

Three Indie Presses Make Moves in Nonfiction

Deep Vellum Books, Europa Editions, and Transit Books—three independent publishing houses best known for their fiction in translation—are upping their nonfiction game. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #europa editions #independent publishing

Print Unit Sales Close July With 15% Increase

Another week with double-digit gains in all but one category led to a 15.1% jump in unit sales of print books from the comparable period in 2019 at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #15% increase #double-digit gains #print books

S&S Posts Q2 Profit Gain Despite Sales Decline

Lower production and distribution costs were enough to give Simon & Schuster a 9% increase in earnings in the second quarter, despite an 8% drop in sales. Digital revenue jumped 44% in the quarter. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #sales decline #distribution costs #9% increase #8% drop

In ‘Memorial Drive,’ Natasha Trethewey reclaims her mother’s life from the man who took it

Trethewey’s memoir is a tribute to a life snuffed out by a brutal man, a fractured judicial system and a patriarchy as old as Methuselah. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-07-31 12:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #memorial drive #memoir

On Rethinking Online Book Events: Critical Linking, July 31, 2020

An awesome daily roundup of the most interesting bookish links from around the web! Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2020-07-31 10:30:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #critical linking #online book

In ‘Memorial Drive’ a Poet Evokes Her Childhood and Confronts Her Mother’s Murder

The new memoir by the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Natasha Trethewey is an aching investigation of trauma and art. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2020-07-30 10:06:53 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #memorial drive #memoir

The 12 Best Book Covers of July

Another month of books, another month of book covers. Another month of pandemic, another month of staying inside. Another month of anxiety, another month of taking delight where we can find it. And so, to that end, here are my favorite book covers from the past few weeks, which it seems we’re... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-07-30 08:49:50 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #book covers #favorite book

How “Memorial Drive” Tries to Make Sense of a Mother’s Murder

Katy Waldman writes about “Memorial Drive,” a new memoir by the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Natasha Trethewey, who pieces together memories of her mother, who was murdered by Trethewey’s stepfather. Continue reading at New Yorker

[ New Yorker | 2020-07-29 10:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #memorial drive #make sense #memoir

The best audiobooks of July provide an escape

Let your summer getaway include a new Sherlock Holmes adventure, a memoir about reinvention, and two novels that offer insights on racial identity. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2020-07-28 21:20:01 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #july provide #offer insights #racial identity #memoir