Harper Lee dominates US chart

Harper Lee dominated Nielsen BookScan US charts with four spots in the top 10 and seven in the top 100, led by Go Set a Watchman (Harper) which recorded the second best first-week sale for an adult hardback since BookScan US records began, shifting almost three quarter of a million units. The hardback of Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird sequel sold 746,805 copies last week, the best US opening week for a hardback adult since Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol (Doubleday) sold almost 1.2 million copies in its first seven days of sale in September 2009. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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How Design Legend Irving Harper Created The Herman Miller Logo

In 1946, Harper, responsible for creating the iconic Marshmallow sofa, designed the logo that the company uses to this day. [Editor’s note: The following is republished from WHY, a new digital platform from Herman Miller.] Imagining a sheet of paper as a building site will give you a good... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2013-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Grisham tops chart in strong week for Hodder

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[ The Bookseller | 2013-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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VIDEO: JK Rowling secret book tops book chart

JK Rowling has secretly written a crime novel under the guise of male debut writer Robert Galbraith. Continue reading at BBC World

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Rowling's 'secret' novel tops charts

JK Rowling's "secret" crime novel tops book charts after it is revealed she wrote it under a pseudonym. Continue reading at BBC News

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Erotica tops charts, but can't compare to 2012

Sylvia Day's Entwined with You (Penguin), the third instalment in her Crossfire erotica... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Lutherville company makes Stan Lee cologne

JADS International creates scent for comic book iconCreate a fragrance that smells heroic with a touch of villainy — that's what Andrew Levine's Lutherville company set out to do. Continue reading at Baltimore Sun

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S&S to chart Ferguson's departure

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Keyes leads charts but print hits 11-year low

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Almanac app to chart Gaiman's huge 2013

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Mantel climbs Amazon charts as press storm continues

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Harper releases Bradbury ebooks in the UK

HarperVoyager is marking this year's 50th anniversary of Ray Bradbury's classic sci fi... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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