While women dominate the charts, it’s been the year of the comeback kings: Philip Pullman, Jamie Oliver, Margaret Atwood …Last year JK Rowling reclaimed the No 1 spot in the bestseller charts by returning from mundane reality to the Potterverse (with the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child playscript); and before that EL James topped the 2015 charts by revisiting the Fifty Shades world from Christian’s perspective. In 2017 it was Jamie Oliver’s turn to play the comeback champion, after managing a best position of only 40th a year ago and being described in (ahem) the 2016 bestsellers analysis piece as “apparently fading”.Mysteriously revitalised (surely there’s more to it than Channel 4 restoring him to peak-time after marooning him in the afternoon?), Oliver leads a markedly blokey top 10 dominated by recurring figures, with two David Walliams titles joined by books from Dan Brown, Lee Child, Jeff Kinney and Guinness World Records. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2017-12-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Once again, the Miami Book Fair offers a week of rare opportunities to see and hear some of today’s biggest writers and influencers. We interview festival authors including Al Franken, Edwidge Danticat, Mariko Tamaki, and many more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With approximately 275 booksellers from 109 stores attending this year's Heartland Fall Forum, attendees at the event focused on how they are all essential links in the publishing supply chain. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Professional attendance at the 2017 Frankfurt Book Fair was essentially flat, but overall attendance, including the public visitors on the fair's closing day, was up by 3%. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The head of Penguin Random House explains his belief that the global book business is doing better today than at any point in the last 50 years. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Demand for Canadian educational content remains high, however the ongoing supply of Canadian learning resources remains uncertain after a 2012 change to copyright law. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Instagram poet Rupi Kaur has the #3 book in the country with ‘The Sun and Her Flowers,’ the follow-up to ‘Milk and Honey.’ Plus ‘We Were Eight Years in Power’ by Ta-Nehisi Coates heralds the relaunch of the One World imprint, and Jennifer Egan’s ‘Manhattan Beach’ gives the ‘A Visit from the Goon... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The bestselling iBooks in mystery, romance, sci-fi, biography, fiction, and more for the week ended October 8, 2017. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week: Walter Isaacson's biography of Leonardo da Vinci, plus Amy Tan's wise and profound memoir. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Check out all the goings-on at the Texas Book Festival, which will be held November 4-5 in Austin, TX. We interview festival authors, including headliner Dan Rather, Pulitzer-winner Jennifer Egan, Gretchen Carlson, the Bush twins, and many others. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dan Brown, Salman Rushdie, Mathias Énard: VIP writers and publishers made steady appearances at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2017 amid discussions of books and world affairs. The post Download: Friday’s Frankfurt Book Fair 2017 Show Daily appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Berkley picks up two new installments of Sherry Thomas’s Lady Sherlock series, as well as three novels by Rhys Bowen; Sourcebooks buys a title exploring the advantages of anxiety; and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mark Bittman and Gail Simmons have a way with food. Whatever you want, they can cook it, and show you how Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A novel called 'Cherry,' which was acquired un-agented by an editor at Knopf from an author in a federal prison, was described by one scout at the fair as "the secret book of Frankfurt." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 2012 Copyright Modernization Act in Canada has been a disaster for Canadian educational publishers. But concern over the law’s effects, observers say, is not limited to Canada. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers and agents in Barcelona share their views on the future of the city as the home of global Spanish-language publishing in the wake of Catalonia's vote to become independent of Spain. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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From big authors and CEOs to newcomers, the first day of the Frankfurt Book Fair kicked off with literary discussions and talks on the future of publishing. The post Download: Thursday’s Frankfurt Book Fair 2017 Show Daily appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Frankfurt Book Fair, opened this year by Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron, also kicked off discussions of the role of books in an era of fake news. The post Download: Wednesday’s Frankfurt Book Fair 2017 Show Daily appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Regina Porter’s 'The Travelers,' which rumor has it sold for roughly half a million dollars in the U.S. alone, is now racking up foreign sales, with six-figure deals having just closed in the U.K. and Germany. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'I Want You to Know We're Still Here,' a post-Holocaust memoir by Esther Safran Foer, has been acquired in a North American rights deal by Tim Duggan at Crown. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Carolyn Reidy, CEO of Simon & Schuster, and Guillaume Dervieux, CEO of Albin Michel Group, took the stage for the Frankfurt Book Fair’s annual “CEO Talk." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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