New Bestseller List Seeks to Boost Black Book Sales

The African American Literature Book Club has launched the BLK Bestseller List, showcasing the bestselling books by Black authors going back 16 months. It consists of monthly data from Circana Bookscan on the top 20 hardcover and paperback fiction, nonfiction, and children’s books, as well as lists for young adult and poetry. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-05-22 04:00:00 UTC ]

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New Bestseller List Seeks to Boost Black Book Sales

The African American Literature Book Club has launched the BLK Bestseller List, showcasing the bestselling books by Black authors going back 16 months. It consists of monthly data from Circana Bookscan on the top 20 hardcover and paperback fiction, nonfiction, and children’s books, as well as... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-05-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The week's bestselling books, May 25

The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, May 25, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2025-05-21 13:00:00 UTC ]
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This Week’s Bestsellers: May 19, 2025

Devney Perry, who made her name with small-town contemporary romances, soars to the top hardcover fiction list with the romantasy Shield of Sparrows. Plus Adam Silvera is back with a third Death-Cast novel, and Fredrik Backman returns with My Friends. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-05-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
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AAP’s StatShot: Some US Market Slippage in February

In February, trade paperback and hardback formats declined 1.4 percent and 4.9 percent respectively over the same month last year. The post AAP’s StatShot: Some US Market Slippage in February appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2025-05-14 15:15:27 UTC ]
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The week's bestselling books, May 18

The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, May 18, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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HarperVia Launches Small-Format Paperback Line

Nomad Editions will launch in November with pocket-sized redesigns of three HarperVia bestsellers. The publisher described Nomad as a response to the decline of mass market paperbacks, taking inspiration from Japanese pocket novels. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-05-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
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This Week’s Bestsellers: May 12, 2025

Ana Huang tops our trade paperback list and has the #1 book in the country with King of Envy, book five in her spicy Kings of Sin billionaire romance series. Plus Shelby Van Pelt’s Remarkably Bright Creatures, a handsell favorite, gets its paperback release, and Natasha Wing’s Night Before... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-05-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The week's bestselling books, May 4

The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, May 4, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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New YA Book Releases This Week, April 30, 2025

Read your way into a great batch of new YA books hitting shelves in hardcover and in paperback this week. Continue reading at Book Riot

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Shelby Van Pelt Created Her Oddball Octopus in a Low-Key Writing Class (And Other Deets)

Shelby Van Pelt’s novel, Remarkably Bright Creatures, is available now in paperback from Ecco, so we asked her a few questions about writing, reading, routines, and more. * Who do you most wish would read your book? In Remarkably Bright Creatures, my main character, Tova, has a group of friends... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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The week's bestselling books, April 27

The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, April 27, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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Robert E. McGinnis, Illustrator Behind Classic ‘James Bond’ Posters, Dies at 99

In the 1960s and ’70s, his leggy femmes fatales beckoned from paperback covers and posters for movies like “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” and “Thunderball.” Continue reading at The New York Times

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Lit Hub Weekly: April 7 – 11, 2025

Viet Thanh Nguyen explains why most American literature is the literature of empire. | Lit Hub Criticism Eleanor Lanahan reflects on the literary legacy of The Great Gatsby, her grandfather’s timeless novel, as it turns 100. | Lit Hub Biography Sarah Viren and Vauhini Vara discuss voice, tech,... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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Lit Hub Daily: April 11, 2025

Viet Thanh Nguyen explains why most American literature is the literature of empire. | Lit Hub Criticism Moeen Farrokhi on translating literature into Farsi and life into English. | Lit Hub On Translation How unraveling a short story into a novel gave Natalia Theodoridou “permission to indulge... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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Viet Thanh Nguyen: Most American Literature is the Literature of Empire

One way to understand the dilemma of contemporary American literature in the age of Donald Trump is to see it as an imperial literature. The United States is a different kind of empire, exerting global hegemonic power through hundreds of military bases and a network of alliances, trade... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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This Week’s Bestsellers: April 14, 2025

Abby Jimenez tops our hardcover fiction list with Say You’ll Remember Me. Plus Ahnest Kitchen’s Sarah Ahn lands at #2 on our hardcover nonfiction list with her Umma, and Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud team up for The Cartoonists Club. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-04-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
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