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 the winner who will take all at the tills in the lucrative run-up to Christmas. Here are some of the hopefuls. Let us know who we’ve missed. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2015-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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