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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Putnam buys a French bestseller, Roaring Book revamps an Eleanor Roosevelt picture book, Karen Robards lands a seven-figure advance, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week: Lisbeth Salander's latest case, plus new books from Celeste Ng and Nicole Krauss. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Tale of Two Kitties, third in Captain Underpants author Dav Pilkey’s spinoff series Dog Man, is the #1 book in the country. Plus Louise Penny’s ‘Glass Houses’ tops our Hardcover Fiction list, and Stephen King deems Gabriel Tallent’s debut, 'My Absolute Darling,' a ‘masterpiece.’ Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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China’s printed book sales in the first half of 2017 have showed revenue growth year on year of “above 10%”, according to book-sales data company OpenBook, which released the figure at the Beijing International Book Fair. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hardt's novel claimed the #1 spot on the iBooks Bestseller list this past week, followed by Sandra Brown's 'Seeing Red' and Karin Slaughter's 'The Good Daughter' in slots #2 and #3, respectively. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Putnam splashes the cash for an authorized Dracula sequel, Renée Watson inks a five-book agreement with Bloomsbury, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sue Grafton’s ‘Y Is for Yesterday’ is the #1 book in the country. Plus ‘My Struggle’ author Karl Ove Knausgaard debuts in Hardcover Nonfiction with ‘Autumn,’ and Vince Flynn’s ‘American Assassin’ heads to the big screen. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The bestselling iBooks in mystery, romance, sci-fi, biography, fiction, and more for the week ended August 27, 2017. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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London has triumphed over other regions for book sales so far in 2017, outstripping the overall market both in volume and value terms. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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From the Business Standard: Long asked-for by publishers, retailers, and readers, the first Hindi bestseller list is out from Nielsen and Dainik Jagran. The post Nielsen Book India and Dainik Jagran Introduce First Hindi Bestseller List appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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‘The Stone Sky,’ which concludes N.K. Jemisin’s Hugo Award–winning Broken Earth trilogy, debuts at #11 on our Trade Paperback list. Plus Serious Eats writer and chef Stella Parks shares her love of Twinkies and Oreos in ‘BraveTart,’ and Kate Winslet and Idris Elba cozy up on the movie tie-in... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week: an eerie, dilapidated former orphanage, plus the Portuguese masterpiece 'The Book of Disquiet.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The wife of a former NFL star sells a football-themed romance to Berkeley, Scholastic nabs Ally Carter’s first YA standalone, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The bestselling iBooks in mystery, romance, sci-fi, biography, fiction, and more for the week ended August 20, 2017. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Non-stop meetings and packed booths were two constants at the Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF), which runs from August 23 to 27. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As our China Bestseller Lists for July go to press, OpenBook's conference in Beijing has put the 2016 value of the Chinese books market at US$21 billion. The post OpenBook’s China Bestseller Lists for July 2017: Fiction and Nonfiction appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bestselling author Steven Waldman is bringing his new book on religion in America to HarperOne, FaithWords signs a parenting blogger’s debut, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Traditionally, the Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF) has focused on educational books, STM titles, and children’s books—in that order. This year’s event, which opens today and runs until August 27, is markedly different with many more categories represented. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The memoir by journalist Sally Quinn, a collection of the Dalai Lama’s wisdom, and ‘Faith and Resistance in the Age of Trump’ are some of the big books in religion and spirituality publishing in September. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The forthcoming romantic comedy co-written by 'Rosie Project' author Graeme Simsion and his wife is nabbed for film by Fox Searchlight, while Pascal Pictures picks up the true tale of an Italian teenager who became an unexpected WWII hero. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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