The Midnight Line clocks up second week at number one

Lee Child’s The Midnight Line (Bantam) has boomeranged back into the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, a week after it was displaced by Star Wars: The Last Jedi Junior Novel (Dean & Son). It sold 27,165 copies for £114,021, rocketing past the 100,000 copies sold milestone in just three weeks on sale. The 22nd Jack Reacher title is now the 11th bestselling title of 2018 to date, two places below Reacher short story collection No Middle Name, released in January. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Book Deals: Week of September 11, 2023

Holt buys a posthumous memoir from Hilary Mantel, Liselle Sambury sells a YA dark academia fantasy to McElderry, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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The Week in Libraries: September 8, 2023

Among the week's headlines: Alabama Governor Kay Ivey questions the work of public libraries in her state; the political attacks on the ALA continue; the Senate finally confirms a fifth FCC commissioner, breaking a years-long partisan deadlock; and paying tribute to the first Black librarian in... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Print Book Sales Fell Again Last Week

Unit sales of print books fell 7.9% last week from the comparable week in 2022 at outlets that report to Circana BookScan. Sales were down in all categories. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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This Week's Bestsellers: September 4, 2023

TikTok phenom Mercury Stardust has the #1 book in the country with the home maintenance manual 'Safe and Sound.' Plus Adalyn Grace's YA fantasy 'Foxglove' takes the #1 spot on our children's fiction list, and Max Miller's 'Tasting History' returns to our hardcover nonfiction list. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Book Deals: Week of September 4, 2023

Grove buys Martin MacInnes’s Booker-longlisted In Ascension, Tiny Reparations nabs a K-drama-inspired novel by Leesa Cross-Smith, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Lit Hub Weekly: August 21-25, 2023

“Whatever has been invented, Le Guin teaches us, can be reinvented.” John Plotz revisits Earthsea. | Lit Hub Criticism Moeen Farrokhi on writing and humiliation under Iranian censorship: “I began to question the very act of writing itself.” | Lit Hub Memoir “No one needs my opinion about books.”... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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Book Deals: Week of August 28, 2023

Michael Wolff sells a book on Fox News to Holt, HarperVia buys a debut novel from translator Anton Hur, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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The Week in Libraries: August 25, 2023

Among the week's headlines: bomb threats are made against librarians in Illinois and Oklahoma; Texas leaves the ALA, with Wyoming headed that way, too; and Washington State Librarian Sara Jones offers a powerful defense of librarians. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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This Week's Bestsellers: August 28, 2023

Regional favorites include a sporty self-help title and back-to-school stalwarts. Plus 'Rabbit Hutch' author Tess Gunty shows 'CBS Sunday Morning' viewers around her hometown. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Nothing Was Pretty About Print Book Sales Last Week

The release of the second season of 'The Summer I Turned Pretty' on Amazon Prime gave a small boost to the Jenny Han novels that the series is based on last week, but it wasn't enough to stop a 7.1% drop in sales. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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This Week's Bestsellers: August 21, 2023

Hanya Yanagihara’s 2015 novel, A Little Life, is having a very good 2023, thanks in part to a little BookTok love. Plus James McBride stocks up at 'The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store,' and Dav Pilkey's 11th Dog Man title gets a boost after #12 is announced. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Book Deals: Week of August 21, 2023

Adam Rapp sells a novel to Little, Brown; Viking buys a book on immigration detention from Ana Raquel Minian; and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Our favorite books coming out this week include new titles from Mark Dent and Rustin Dodd, Drew Gilpin Faust, Laura Moher, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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The Week in Libraries: August 18, 2023

Among the week's headlines: libraries and schools face multiple challenges in Texas; a library administrator in Missouri is warned to stay 'politically neutral' or face discipline; a library in Seattle faces closure for making diverse books available; and Jay-Z juices library card signups at the... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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News Corp goes all-in on Matildas – but tries to waltz away with fans’ cash | The Weekly Beast

Matildas fans hit paywall as part of News Corp subscription drive. Plus: AFR retracts piece after confusion about Bridget McKenzieFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastChannel Seven enjoyed historic... Continue reading at The Guardian

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Unit sales of print books struggled again last week, falling 7.6% compared to the week ended August 13, 2022. The decline in adult fiction continued, with sales off 9.6%. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Our favorite books coming out this week include new titles from T. Kingfisher, Una Mannion, Jennifer Cramer-Miller, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Pulitzer finalist and Parnassus Books owner Ann Patchett has the #2 book in the country with 'Tom Lake.' Plus 'Unreasonable Hospitality' by Will Guidara gets a boost from its cameo on 'The Bear,' and Rachel Griffin’s 'Bring Me Your Midnight' brings romantasy to our children’s fiction list. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Book Deals: Week of August 14, 2023

Grove Atlantic takes a Booker-longlisted novel from Paul Lynch, singer-songwriter Pia Mia sells a sells a semi-autobiographical romance to Frayed Pages x Wattpad Books, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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The Week in Libraries: August 11, 2023

Among the week's headlines: librarians, educators, and publishers grapple with new state book banning laws; bestselling author John Green responds to having his books pulled from library shelves; a proposed judgment has been filed in the Internet Archive copyright case; and PEN America publishes... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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