According to the calendar, it may not be summer for a few more weeks, but tell that to booksellers, who launched their summer selling season on Memorial Day. One week in and many independents are anticipating an up summer. A mild winter and a strong first quarter contributed to a number of booksellers’ sunny outlooks, along with strong sales for two trilogies: Fifty Shades of Grey, which Jackie Inman, owner of Bethany Beach Books in Bethany Beach, Del., projected will hold at least through July, and Hunger Games, which got a significant boost from the film. “After several years of decline, [business has] turned the corner,” says Bill Reed, co-owner of Misty Valley Books in Chester, Vt. “We’re not back to where it was, but we’re okay.” Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
If you bought a copy of "Fifty Shades of Grey" for your e-reader, you are not alone -- not by a long shot. If you bought a copy of "Fifty Shades of Grey" for your e-reader, you are not alone -- not by a long shot. E.L. James' sexy novel about innocent college student Anastasia Steele and her... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It comes as no surprise that Nielsen BookScan's top-selling print book lists for 2012 are dominated by Fifty Shades and the Hunger Games. See what else is on the lists. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Random House publishers are to reward employees with a $5,000 (£3,103) bonus partly owing to the success of EL James's erotic trilogy, Fifty Shades of Grey. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2012-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers Weekly faces controversy after naming 'Fifty Shades of Grey' author E L James 'Publishing Person of the Year' for 2012. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
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Collins' book, which will be based around her own experiences with a father in the military, will be released this fall. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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To see the international success of E.L. James’s Fifty Shades trilogy, just take a look at Italy, where the entire trilogy figures among the top six bestselling October titles. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Erotic tale earns nomination for the National Book Award, while another surprisingly sexy tale is also making waves in Britain. Continue reading at The Sydney Morning Herald
[ The Sydney Morning Herald | 2012-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fifty Shades of Grey has sold more than 28 million physical copies around the world, though... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The decline in sales of Stieg Larsson and the success of Fifty Shades of Grey has impacted on the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dr. Seuss, meet Harry Potter. Barbara Marcus, the former president of children's book publishing at Scholastic—the U.S. home of the Hogwarts wizard—has been named president and publisher of Random House Children's Books. The world's largest children's house publishes The Cat in the Hat and every... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2012-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fifty Shades of Grey's reign as the bestselling book in the UK has come to an end for now,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Children's author G P Taylor has added his voice to criticism of the Fifty Shades of Grey... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy has been knocked from the top of the Amazon Kindle store by an e... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Fifty Shades of Grey' has passed the 'Harry Potter' books and 'The Da Vinci Code' to become the country's bestselling book. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The US book business is starting to reap the benefit of strong sales of the Fifty Shades of Grey... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales of E L James' Fifty Shades series slumped for a third consecutive week last... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It turns out the Fifty Shades craze is not restricted to the U.S. On all three charts tracked this month, E.L. James’s blockbuster book placed high on the list. In Spain and Italy, where Fifty Shades of Grey debuted in June, it landed at #1 and #2, respectively. In the Netherlands, the book... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fiscal 2012 was a good year made great by The Hunger Games,” Scholastic chairman Dick Robinson told analysts in a conference call last Thursday to discuss results in the year ended May 31, in which sales rose 14%, to $2.15 billion, and net income jumped from $39.4 million to $102.4 million. The... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Now that the legal dust has settled and Google's publishing woes in 'ol Gaul have been swept under the rug, it's back to business as usual. Starting today, the land of Jerry Lewis lovers will have access to books on Google Play, making it the fifth European country to participate in Mountain... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2012-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins is attempting to help readers live out their Fifty Shades of Grey-inspired... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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