Star Wars: The Last Jedi rockets to chart top spot

Michael Kogge’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Dean & Son) has ascended into the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, selling 62,104 copies through Nielsen BookScan’s TCM. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Weekly E-Ranking: Glass clear at the top

After a big song and dance was made about a non-fiction title to topping the Weekly E-Book Ranking, another has only gone and replicated the feat. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book filled with blank pages tops Amazon's best seller list

A joke book "written'' by a conservative author and filled with blank pages in a dig at Democrats is the top selling book on Amazon. Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2017-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Shawn Booker is clutch as Fairfax tops Long Beach Poly, 54-49, in a regional opener

The start of the state basketball playoffs this week didn’t go smoothly for Fairfax High. The Lions learned that standout forward Robert McRae had reinjured his surgically repaired hand in practice, leaving him unavailable for Wednesday’s Southern California Division I Regional opener against... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Literary agents' LBF top picks 2017

Literary Agents tell us about the titles they will be bringing to London Book Fair 2017.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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NYPL’s 2017 Book Award Finalists Wrote About Gun Deaths, Pandemics, War Zones, Dark Money and Refugees

As the name of the award implies, the New York Public Library's Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism is dedicated to honoring notable works of non-fiction written by journalists. The winner among the just-announced five finalists, to be revealed May 22, will join a group that... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2017-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Weekly E-Ranking: Backstabber cuts to the top

Kimberley Chambers’ Backstabber cut through the competition to top the Weekly E-Book Ranking in the same week that it scored the crime author her best first-week sale in hardback. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Audio download chart: Rowling's reign continues

J K Rowling’s full Harry Potter series thunders back into January's audio chart. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Trade Division Bright Spot in Bad Year for HMH

Sales in Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's trade division rose 0.7% in 2016 over 2015, but revenue for the entire company fell 3% and its net loss jumped. Company executives promised to cut costs in 2017. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Comparethemarket ads lead way as online firms become top TV spenders

Comparison sites and Amazon boost spending on the small screen – but Google and Facebook cut campaignsDigital businesses- online-only companies such as Amazon and traditional firms promoting online services – spent a record £639m on TV ad campaigns in 2016 to become the biggest-spending group of... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Top authors to celebrate 20 years of World Book Day

Book Aid International has teamed up with 20 stars of the children’s book world to celebrate the 20th anniversary of World Book Day (WBD). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HC's Redmayne stars as 'sinister gangster boss'

Charlie Redmayne has stepped in as a “sinister gangster” for the “bling” foil jacket of Kimberly Chambers’ new hardback Backstabber.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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iBooks Bestsellers: Delaney, Patterson, James On Top

J.P. Delaney's 'The Girl Before' rose to the top of the iBooks Bestseller list this past week, followed by another strong showing by James Patterson and Candice Fox's 'Never Never.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Top 10 Trends in Reading and Book Apps for Children

Spain's Elisa Yuste talks us through leading concepts and directions in apps for kids and young adults in the coming year, including more apps for 'Android kids.' The post Top 10 Trends in Reading and Book Apps for Children appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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iBooks Bestsellers: Groupthink Lifts '1984' to Top

George Orwell's classic dystopian novel '1984' surged to the top of the iBooks bestseller list in the wake of political controversies surrounding the first week of the presidency of Donald J. Trump; it is also the #1 book in the country. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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‘It’s our lifeblood:’ How publishers meet the video challenge in 5 charts

The biggest question for publishers prioritizing video isn’t Snapchat or Facebook Live, it’s simple economics. How many bodies can an organization throw at production and still keep the lights on? Digital publishers are struggling to square demand for video with the bottom line. Five charts that... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2017-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Local Favorites Top in Italy, Spain, Sweden

Alberto Espinosa’s latest book, the self-help guide 'The Secrets I Never Told You,' remained on top of the nonfiction list in Spain in December. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barack Obama book deal for presidential memoirs expected to top $27 million

A book deal for the memoirs of former US president Barack Obama is expected to set a record, with a price tag as high as US$20 million (NZ$27.6 million). Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2017-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Maynard Keynes tops academic book vote

John Maynard Keynes’ The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (Palgrave Macmillan), a book about economic policy, is the academic book that has most influenced modern Britain, according to a public vote. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A year in review: Famous five pull clear at top

Jo, Julia, Joe, Jason-and-Joel (and David) all sold more than £10m worth of print books in 2016, as the big names just kept on getting bigger. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Norway's Top E-bookseller Wants More English Bestsellers

Norway’s top e-bookstore, ebok.no, is in talks to add English-language books from some of America's Big Five publishers and has started a new subscription service. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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