Boris Johnson’s memoir sells more than 40,000 copies in first week on sale

Unleashed, which covers Johnson’s time as mayor of London, foreign secretary and prime minister, was the bestselling book of the weekBoris Johnson’s memoir, Unleashed, sold 42,528 copies in its opening week after being published on 10 October, making it the bestselling book of last week.This means Johnson has outsold David Cameron’s 2019 memoir, For the Record, which sold 20,792 copies in the week it was published, though Tony Blair’s memoir, A Journey, sold 92,060 copies in its opening week. Liz Truss shifted just 2,228 copies of her memoir, Ten Years to Save the West, in its first week on sale earlier this year. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2024-10-15 14:27:52 UTC ]
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How 'Gender Queer: A Memoir' became America's most banned book

Maia Kobabe's graphic memoir "Gender Queer" became the most banned book in American schools, drawing the Northern California artist and writer into the nation's cultural wars. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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Lit Hub Weekly: December 12-16, 2022

Behold the 103 best book covers of the year, as picked by the experts. | Lit Hub How much pain should we tolerate for publicity? Or, when your book tour is interrupted by a near-death experience. | Lit Hub Memoir How Paul McCartney responded to the Beatles’ slow but inevitable disintegration.... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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Print Sales Dipped 4.1% in Early December

Unit sales of print books fell 4.1% in the week ended Dec. 10, 2022, from the comparable week in 2021, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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This Week's Bestsellers: December 19, 2022

The #6 book in the country is the trivia title 'Interesting Facts for Curious Minds.' Plus Cormac McCarthy completes the Passenger duology with 'Stella Maris,' and retired Navy SEAL David Goggins explains why he's 'Never Finished.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Book Deals: Week of December 19, 2022

Avon preempts an action-adventure rom-com by Ally Carter, Hachette wins an etiquette guide by Netflix star Sara Jane Ho, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Scholastic Posts Second-Quarter Double-Digit Gains in Sales and Earnings

A 19% increase in Scholastic's children's book publishing and distribution segment drove total sales up 12% in the second quarter, while operating income rose 20%. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-12-16 05:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp ends year on a low note as another senior figure investigated over alleged behaviour at staff drinks | The Weekly Beast

The Murdoch stable has let indiscretions slide in the past but there is less tolerance now. Plus: Nine returns to AAPJust as News Corp Australia was licking its wounds after terminating three big name journalists for allegedly behaving badly, another scandal has broken.The Australian’s... Continue reading at The Guardian

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Bookstore Sales Slipped in October

Bookstore sales fell 2.9% in October compared to 2021, falling to $636 million from $655 million last year, according to preliminary estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-12-15 05:00:00 UTC ]
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The Hardest Part of Writing My Memoir Was Telling My Family About It

You should watch Euphoria, a friend told me while we were on a walk during our young daughters’ dance class. I wasn’t sure why she would suggest this. Particularly in the context of our conversation: I was confiding in her about the anxiety that felt like it had been boiling inside of me for... Continue reading at Electric Literature

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The $35,000 Aspen Words Literary Prize Names Its 2023 Longlist

The Aspen Words Literary Prize 2023 longlist includes seven fiction debuts and five short-story collections. The post The $35,000 Aspen Words Literary Prize Names Its 2023 Longlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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Holiday Book Sales Trail 2021

Unit sales or print books fell 17.3% in the week ended December 3, 2022, from the week ended December 4, 2021, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. The sales total represented an increase over the previous week in 2021, but it is becoming clear that the holidays will not give a significant... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Filmmaker says Canada's largest book publisher released memoir depicting her sexual assault as consensual

A filmmaker has accused Canadian writer Leah McLaren of sexual assault, saying that Penguin Random House Canada knowingly published a memoir by McLaren that depicts the alleged incident as consensual. Continue reading at CBC

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Apple's iPad Air drops to $500, plus the rest of the week's best tech deals

We're in the thick of the holiday season, so we're still seeing good deals on a number of gadgets and tech gear we recommend. Apple's iPad Air, for instance, is down to its second-lowest price to date at $500, while Amazon's Fire HD 8 is down to an all-time low of $55. The Xbox Series S is still... Continue reading at Engadget

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Have we fallen out of love with celebrity memoirs?

The year’s autobiography big-hitters haven’t sold as well as expected, with buyers disenchanted by pricing and lack of feelgood topicsFrom actors and musicians to athletes and presenters, there are no shortage of celebrity memoirs on bookshop shelves. This year has seen new books published by a... Continue reading at The Guardian

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Book Deals: Week of December 12, 2022

Atlantic Monthly Press buys a Civil War novel from James Lee Burke, Harper Muse takes on a historical novel about Alice Marble, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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This Week's Bestsellers: December 12, 2022

The week's big debuts include Dav Pilkey's fourth Cat Kid Comic Club book and Louise Penny's 18th Chief Insp. Gamache novel. Plus A Good Girl's Guide to Murder series author Holly Jackson writes her first standalone YA thriller. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Turns out the Russian soldier who fled to France and sold his war memoir might be full of shit.

Back in August I wrote about Pavel Filatyev, an active-duty Russian soldier who posted online his 141-page account of the lead up to and taking of Kherson by Russian forces. With the help of Vladimir Osechkin, who runs Gulagu.net (an anti-corruption website whose name translates as “No to the... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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Canadian journalist’s memoir accused of depicting sexual assault as consensual

Film-maker Zoe Greenberg says she raised concerns with Penguin Random House Canada over Leah McLaren’s bookA Canadian film-maker who was allegedly sexually assaulted as a teenager has accused the country’s largest book publisher of knowingly releasing a memoir by one of her alleged assailants... Continue reading at The Guardian

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Publishing Industry Sales Down 4.5% Through September

Total publishing industry sales fell 4.5% through September compared to 2021, with trade sales down 3.3%, at the 1,368 publishers who report revenue to the AAP’s StatShot program. Lower hardcover sales and higher returns were the main drivers in pushing down trade sales. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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This Week's Bestsellers: December 5, 2022

Colleen Hoover's 'It Starts with Us' reclaims the #1 spot overall, while Michelle Obama's 'The Light We Carry,' #2 in the country, tops the charts on the coasts. Plus Nora Roberts closes out her Dragon Heart Legacy trilogy, and romance novelist Ashley Herring Blake returns to Bright Falls. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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