Adam Kay’s This is Going to Hurt (Picador) has topped the Weekly E-Ranking top 20 for a second consecutive week, becoming only the second non-fiction title (after Michael Wolff’s White House expose Fire and Fury) to hold the top spot for longer than one week. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
At outlets that report to NPD BookScan, unit sales of print books were 4% lower in the week ended Dec. 10, 2017, than in the similar week in 2016, marking the third consecutive week this holiday season in which sales were down. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former junior doctor Adam Kay's memoir This is Going to Hurt (Picador) has been named the winner of the Books Are My Bag Readers' Choice Award, as chosen by the public. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson has bought a "major" new non-fiction title, Dead Doubles by writer and journalist Trevor Barnes, about the discovery, pursuit and capture of the Portland Spy Ring. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Picador has acquired a second memoir from comedian and TV writer Adam Kay, author of This Is Going To Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor, in a "major" deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sister Pictures has acquired the television rights for writer and comedian Adam Kay’s debut This is Going To Hurt: Secret Diaries Of A Junior Doctor in a 12-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At outlets that report to NPD BookScan, unit sales of print books were 0.2% lower in the week ended Aug. 20, 2017, than in the similar week in 2016 Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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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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JK Rowling and Bill Bryson top the charts, while film tie-ins give Paula Hawkins and Jojo Moyes a second bite of the cherry – but this unpredictable year has also seen a welcome revival of humorous writingIt was a year when the No 1 book was a play script. When hyper-prolific James Patterson,... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-12-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David Walliams’ The Midnight Gang (HarperCollins Children's) has struck (number) one for a fifth consecutive week, shifting 80,968 copies for £466,987, according to Nielsen BookScan's Total Consumer Market. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Joe “The Body Coach” Wicks’ second title Lean in 15: The Shape Plan (Bluebird) has scored a second consecutive week in the Official UK Top 50 number one spot, according to Nielsen BookScan’s Total Consumer Market. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quercus has acquired a non-fiction title by social media stars Jack Gilinsky and Jack Johnson, known on social media as Jack & Jack. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Paula Hawkins has withstood a robust first week challenge from David Walliams, as The Girl on the Train (Black Swan) rolled into the Official UK Top 50 number one spot for a third consecutive week. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lee Child’s Make Me (Bantam) has held the number one spot for a second consecutive week, selling 36,697 copies for £138,058, according to Nielsen BookScan’s Total Consumer Market. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Joe “The Body Coach” Wicks continues to dominate the charts as Lean in 15 (Bluebird) held the Official UK Top 50 number one spot for a fifth consecutive week. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David Baldacci took the top spot in the iBooks bestseller list for the third consecutive week with ‘The Guilty.’ Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate has acquired a new non-fiction title on "ecstatic experience", The Art of Losing Control, by writer and philosopher Jules Evans. In The Art of Losing Control, Evans argues that there are ways of letting down our guard and opening ourselves to "ecstatic experiences". The book balances... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Victoria Hislop has retained the top spot on the UK Official Top 50 for the second consecutive week while Paula Hawkins continues to close in on Dan Brown’s record for most weeks as an Original Fiction number one. Hislop’s The Sunrise (Headline) sold 28,450 copies last week through Nielsen... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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‘If a man wants to write about gender and the pitfalls of masculinity, they’re met with sneers,’ says the bestselling author, who disputes criticism that he is antifeministThe author Matt Haig found himself “crucified” online after suggesting that his next non-fiction title could be a book... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Granta Books has signed a non-fiction title on proposal by Lorna Gibb, looking at the concept of childlessness. The book will combine memoir, reportage and social science, and look at the condition of childlessness around the world, from stolen Aboriginal babies to the discrimination of the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lee Child achieves a personal best this week as his latest thriller tops the Official UK Top 50 for a third consecutive week. The paperback edition of Personal (Bantam) sold 22,680 copies in the seven days ending 9th May and marks the first time a Jack Reacher thriller has spent more than a... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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