Michael Wolff’s FIRE AND FURY continued to sell through in significant quantities, moving as many hardcovers in the sales week ending January 28 as the next nine books combined on Bookscan’s bestseller list. But the big surprise of the week was to see YouTube psychologist and professor at the University of Toronto Jordan B. Peterson’s new book 12 RULES FOR LIFE sitting at No. 2, selling approximately 58,000 hardcovers in its opening week — and published by Random House Canada rather than a US imprint. Agent Sally Harding at CookeMcDermid Agency sold the book (originally titled DO NOT BOTHER CHILDREN WHEN THEY ARE SKATEBOARDING: […]
Archives for February 2018
February Bookseller Picks
Amazon named The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah as their spotlight pick for February, and Educated by Tara Westover as their featured debut. The rest of Amazon’s top picks: The Hazel Wood, by Melissa Albert Call Me Zebra, by Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi I Am, I Am, I Am, by Maggie O’Farrell The Line Becomes a River, by Francisco Cantu Force of Nature, by Jane Harper Only Killers and Thieves, by Paul Howarth The Monk of Mokha, by Dave Eggers Freshwater, Akwaeke Emezi Barnes & Noble‘s top fiction list for February also highlights the novels from Hannah and Howarth. The rest of […]
March Buzz Books Monthly
With our big new Spring/Summer Buzz Books collection ranking high in recent days with thousands of downloads, we continue our monthly excerpt program with March Buzz Books Monthly. Available now for download on Amazon, iBooks, and NetGalley, the sampler includes exclusive, pre-publication excerpts of eight titles due out in March. This month, adult fiction includes love stories Happiness by Aminatta Forna, The Heart Between Us by Lindsay Harrel, and Hot and Badgered by Shelly Laurenston, as well as comic novel Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions, by Mario Giordano. The featured debut is Alice Feeney’s thriller, Sometimes I Lie. Rounding out the sampler are three YA titles: Matt Killeen’s Orphan Monster Spy, Farrah Penn’s Twelve Steps to Normal, […]
People, Etc.
Maja Thomas has been promoted to chief innovation officer at Hachette Libre and joins the company’s international executive board. Previously svp of Hachette Digital and Audio at HBG USA, Thomas rejoined Hachette Livre last year as director of Hachette’s Innovation Program. Based in California, Thomas “works internationally across the company’s divisions to facilitate collaboration with start-ups and established global technological players, and accelerate digital transformation.” In her new role she “will further support all of Hachette Livre teams as they test, innovate and break new ground, in particular using big data and artificial intelligence.” CEO Arnaud Nourry says in the […]