Michelle Obama's memoir sells more than 10m copies

Former first lady’s Becoming is a global hit in 31 languages and has sold 600,000 copies in UKMichelle Obama’s autobiography, Becoming, is on track to become the most successful memoir in modern publishing history, selling more than 10m copies to date, as life after the White House continues to prove commercial gold for brand Obama.Thomas Rabe, chief executive of the German media group Bertelsmann, parent company of Becoming’s publisher, Penguin Random House, said the title was the book giant’s biggest success of the last year. “We believe that these memoirs could well become the most successful memoir ever,” he said. Related: Tips, links and suggestions: what are you reading this week? Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2019-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Coates' portrait of the Barack Obama era to Hamish Hamilton

Simon Prosser has acquired two new books from Ta-Nehisi Coates, author of Between the World and Me, winner of the 2015 National Book Award for Nonfiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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UK ebook sales flounder as interest in print copies rebounds

Book sales in the UK are on the rise, but not because of ebooks. Figures for 2016 released by the Publishers Association show a 7 percent rise over 2015, the largest year-over-year growth in a decade. Physical book sales were up 8 percent, however eb... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2017-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Spiritual' memoir Out of the Woods by Luke Turner to W&N

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[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Virgo memoir to John Blake Publishing

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[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Seven-year-old Syrian refugee Bana Alabed’s memoir to S&S

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[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Finally, a NewFront Presentation That Looks Like What the NewFronts Sell

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[ Advertising Age | 2017-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bana al-Abed, seven-year-old Syrian peace campaigner, to publish memoir

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[ The Guardian | 2017-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Alec Baldwin accuses HarperCollins of sloppy editing on his memoir

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[ The Guardian | 2017-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Headline acquires new Charlotte Crosby memoir

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[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Digiday | 2017-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ AdWeek | 2017-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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