The first volume of Barack Obama’s memoir is getting a 3 million copy printing this November.

We’ve known for a while that Barack Obama would be coming out with a new memoir. Today his publisher confirmed that the book, A Promised Land, will be released soon after the November elections. The former president isn’t a stranger to the pen. His first memoir, Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance (1995), […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-09-17 14:22:21 UTC ]
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Prince Harry claims in upcoming memoir that William physically attacked him during argument

Prince Harry alleges in a much-anticipated new memoir that his brother, Prince William, lashed out and physically attacked him during a furious argument over the brothers' deteriorating relationship, The Guardian reported Monday. Continue reading at CBC

[ CBC | 2023-01-05 11:54:52 UTC ]
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8 Memoirs by Women About Multicultural Identity and Belonging

I was in my twenties the first time I read a memoir set in Lahore, my father’s city, where I’d spent time during my childhood. I was living in Syracuse, New York, then, and I read Meatless Days hungrily, soaking in familiar places and people, and when I finished it, I read it again. I […] The... Continue reading at Electric Literature

[ Electric Literature | 2023-01-04 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Cover reveal: Safiya Sinclair’s summer memoir How to Say Babylon

Lit Hub is pleased to share the cover for Safiya Sinclair’s forthcoming memoir, How to Say Babylon, which Simon and Schuster will publish this summer. Sinclair is the author of the poetry collection Cannibal, winner of a Whiting Writers’ Award, the American Academy of Arts and Letters’ Metcalf... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2023-01-03 15:30:30 UTC ]
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Print Book Sales Rose 10% in Last Week Before Christmas

Helped by an extra Saturday of sales compared to 2021, unit sales of print books rose 10% last week over the week ended December 25, 2021, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. All six major categories posted increases in the week. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-12-28 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Print Book Sales Dropped 6.4% Last Week

Unit sales of print books rose 15.5% last week over the previous week, but were still down 6.4% from the comparable week last year at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-12-22 05:00:00 UTC ]
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How 'Gender Queer: A Memoir' became America's most banned book

Maia Kobabe's graphic memoir "Gender Queer" became the most banned book in American schools, drawing the Northern California artist and writer into the nation's cultural wars. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2022-12-21 11:00:19 UTC ]
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Print Sales Dipped 4.1% in Early December

Unit sales of print books fell 4.1% in the week ended Dec. 10, 2022, from the comparable week in 2021, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-12-16 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Print Sales Show Improvement, But Still Fell Last Week

Unit sales of print books had one of their best weeks of the year last week, but it wasn’t quite enough to top sales from a year ago. As a result, unit sales fell 4.1%, marking one of the smallest declines this fall. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-12-15 05:00:00 UTC ]
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November Religion Bestsellers: Fox’s Faulkner Tops; Christmas Novels Dominate

‘Faith Still Moves Mountains’ by Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner takes the number-one spot on PW’s Religion Nonfiction bestsellers list; holiday-themed romances and mysteries take over the PW Religion Fiction list. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-12-14 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon to End Print Textbook Rentals, Overhaul Magazine and Newspaper Subscriptions

Amazon is discontinuing its print textbook rental program, and will phase out print and digital magazine and newspaper subscriptions as well, though some magazines and newspapers will remain available through Kindle Unlimited. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-12-14 05:00:00 UTC ]
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The Hardest Part of Writing My Memoir Was Telling My Family About It

You should watch Euphoria, a friend told me while we were on a walk during our young daughters’ dance class. I wasn’t sure why she would suggest this. Particularly in the context of our conversation: I was confiding in her about the anxiety that felt like it had been boiling inside of me for... Continue reading at Electric Literature

[ Electric Literature | 2022-12-13 12:05:00 UTC ]
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Filmmaker says Canada's largest book publisher released memoir depicting her sexual assault as consensual

A filmmaker has accused Canadian writer Leah McLaren of sexual assault, saying that Penguin Random House Canada knowingly published a memoir by McLaren that depicts the alleged incident as consensual. Continue reading at CBC

[ CBC | 2022-12-09 19:13:28 UTC ]
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Have we fallen out of love with celebrity memoirs?

The year’s autobiography big-hitters haven’t sold as well as expected, with buyers disenchanted by pricing and lack of feelgood topicsFrom actors and musicians to athletes and presenters, there are no shortage of celebrity memoirs on bookshop shelves. This year has seen new books published by a... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2022-12-09 10:52:17 UTC ]
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Turns out the Russian soldier who fled to France and sold his war memoir might be full of shit.

Back in August I wrote about Pavel Filatyev, an active-duty Russian soldier who posted online his 141-page account of the lead up to and taking of Kherson by Russian forces. With the help of Vladimir Osechkin, who runs Gulagu.net (an anti-corruption website whose name translates as “No to the... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2022-12-08 15:42:53 UTC ]
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Canadian journalist’s memoir accused of depicting sexual assault as consensual

Film-maker Zoe Greenberg says she raised concerns with Penguin Random House Canada over Leah McLaren’s bookA Canadian film-maker who was allegedly sexually assaulted as a teenager has accused the country’s largest book publisher of knowingly releasing a memoir by one of her alleged assailants... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2022-12-08 14:58:26 UTC ]
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Move Over, Hallmark: Coca-Cola Made 3 Christmas Films as It Dives Into Entertainment

Coca-Cola is the latest major brand to branch out into entertainment, with the release of a film anthology series on Prime Video that tells stories about Christmas. The anthology is the first project from Coca-Cola's new entertainment platform, "Real Magic Presents," which will see the brand... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2022-12-08 14:42:08 UTC ]
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From the Archive: November 30, 1959

In late 1959, Better Homes & Gardens Books took out an ad in PW urging booksellers to stock up on its titles for the holidays. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Thanksgiving Week Print Sales Fell 10%

While Thanksgiving week provided a solid sales boost over the week ended November 19, 2022, the increase was not enough to lift unit sales of print books over the week ended November 27, 2021, with total unit sales falling 10.3% from Thanksgiving 2021. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-12-01 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Lit Hub Daily: November 29, 2022

Nick Fuller Googins makes the case for selling Simon & Schuster to… the employees of Simon & Schuster. | Lit Hub The 23 best old books we read (or reread) in 2022. | Lit Hub Reading Lists Read a new translation of “The Caucasus” by Ukrainian poet-hero Taras Shevchenko: “The bones / Of... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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