Comics set for Super Thursday

Publishers are gearing up for a strong autumn, as big new releases from the likes of Paul Merton... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
News tagged with: #comics set #super thursday

Other news stories related to: "Comics set for Super Thursday"


Indies express dismay as Waterstones starts selling Super Thursday titles early

Independent booksellers have expressed concerns that Waterstones is selling Super Thursday titles ahead of their publication date. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #expressed concerns #independent booksellers


Literary fiction and Michelle Obama top Super Thursday picks

Super Thursday will fall on 4th October this year, The Bookseller can reveal, when a whopping 544 new hardbacks will be hitting shelves—40 more than on last year’s equivalent day—all vying for a slice of the lucrative Christmas book market. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #super thursday #literary fiction


Super Thursday: with 500 new books out today, what should you read?

New books from Mary Berry, Dan Brown and Dawn French are out, as part of the mass launch that marks the start of the Christmas season – and there’s another 250 on the way. Here are 10 titles in the running for No 1More than 500 glossy new hardbacks are set to arrive on the shelves of the UK’s... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #philip pullman #dark materials #ta-nehisi coates #social networks #alan hollinghurst


Bookshops celebrate Super Thursday and prepare for Bookshop Day

Booksellers are gearing up for a "very exciting and busy" Super Thursday today (5th October), although one has argued the multitudes of releases may mean some "great" titles get overlooked. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #bookshop day


Dawn French to publish non-fiction diary on Super Thursday

Dawn French is publishing her first non-fiction book since her 2008 autobiography Dear Fatty on Super Thursday this October. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #non-fiction book #super thursday #dawn french


Brown and Pullman bookend strong Super Thursday offer

This year’s Super Thursday falls on 5th October, The Bookseller can reveal, with 505 new hardbacks scheduled to hit shelves on that day, all competing for a slice of the Christmas-gifting pudding. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #hit shelves #5th october


Sidemen smash Super Thursday charts

Sidemen: The Book (Coronet), authored by the supergroup of gaming YouTubers, has become the biggest-selling title of Super Thursday 2016, via Nielsen BookScan. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #nielsen bookscan #biggest-selling title


Booker finalist Paul Beatty and Super Thursday – books podcast

As publishing begins the long climb to Christmas, Paul Beatty joins us to talk about life on the Man Booker shortlistIn this week’s podcast we discuss the limits of acceptability with novelist Paul Beatty, whose scorching satire of black American identity has been shortlisted for next week’s Man... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #benedicte page #readers today #wrong end


Super Thursday: battle for UK book charts Christmas No 1 begins

Jamie Oliver and Phil Collins go up against Ladybird parodies and Danish coziness on bumper publishing day Jamie Oliver and Phil Collins will do battle against Ladybird and the Danish concept of hygge in the race to be Christmas No 1 in the UK book charts, which begins in earnest with the... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-10-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #phil collins #jamie oliver #super thursday #christmas bestsellers #ladybird parodies


Cole and Oliver among heavyweights to be published on Super Thursday

Booksellers are preparing for this year’s Super Thursday (20th October), with anticipated blockbusters from Jamie Oliver, Phil Collins and Martina Cole among a host of titles released that day with hopes of securing the Christmas number one. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #christmas number #titles released #phil collins #super thursday #martina cole #jamie oliver


Weekly E-Ranking: 'mini-Super Thursday' titles hit chart

A 'mini-Super Thursday' sees a raft of titles released that should do very well throughout the Christmas season. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #christmas season #titles released


Media embraces Super Thursday

Super Thursday and Books Are My Bag celebrations today (8th October) have attracted widespread media coverage from the BBC, Sky and national newspapers. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #national newspapers #super thursday


Booksellers back Bryson as Super Thursday’s finest

Competition for the Christmas number one spot is wide open this year, a consequence of “the strongest autumn [in publication terms] in years”. Yesterday marked Super Thursday (8th October), the day on which the greatest number of hardback titles—including many likely bestsellers—are released in... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #industry-wide books #wide open #super thursday #christmas number


Super Thursday and BAMB get underway

Around 1,800 bookshops across the UK and Ireland will celebrate the start of the Christmas season with Super Thursday today (8th October) with a three-day in-store campaign Books Are My Bag (BAMB). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #christmas season #super thursday


VIDEO: Bookshops celebrating 'Super Thursday'

Bookshops and publishers on both sides of the Atlantic are celebrating 'Super Thursday', the unofficial day that sees their big push for Christmas sales. Continue reading at BBC World

[ BBC World | 2015-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #christmas sales #big push #super thursday


Super Thursday: the good, the bad and the doggone awful

Today more than 400 ‘big books’ are published in the hope of capturing the Christmas market. Which of the following will sell the most by 25 December?How Super Thursday turned a publishing pile-up into a marketing triumph With more than 400 titles due to be published today, the betting is on for... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #ve missed #super thursday #christmas market #published today


How Super Thursday helped publishers turn over a new leaf

The editor of the Bookseller charts how publicist’s lament over one day’s glut of titles has become a PR triumph for the industry Super Thursday contenders: The good, the bad and the doggone awfulPut down your newspaper, turn away from your screen, and head to your nearest bookshop, for today is... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #gift purchases #book business #big moment #super thursday


Publishing industry's 'Super Thursday' to see more than 500 books published

Thursday in October heralds book industry’s major assault on the Christmas marketThe nature of that rectangular parcel under the Christmas tree can now be predicted: it could well be a new cook book by Nigella Lawson, Gordon Ramsay or Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, just like last year.Or it might... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #pop star #chris evans #top gear #sue perkins #hugh fearnley-whittingstall


Comic books get super boost from superhero movies

Comic book-inspired films such as The Avengers have increased interest in comics in general, Christchurch comics fans say. Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2015-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #increased interest #superhero movies #comic books


'Super Thursday' hopes to bring patrons into UK bookstores

More than 300 titles became available in bookstores today in the UK. Bookstore owners are hoping the huge amount of titles will get curious visitors into their shops. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #huge amount #bookstore owners #super thursday #uk bookstores