This week’s fiction releases include new Spenser and Alex Cross thrillers, while nonfiction includes works by Orhan Pamuk and Angela Merkel–along with that book to be sold exclusively at Target stores on Black Friday. Also publishing this week is City of Night Birds by Juhea Kim, excerpted in our Buzz Books 2024: Fall/Winter sampler. Kim is also interviewed in our monthly Authors Lunch newsletter. 12 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-november-26 4 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-november-26 From Buzz Books https://buzz.publishersmarketplace.com/ We consult a number of sources in compiling our weekly lists and PM […]
Archives for November 2024
Best Of: NYT Notables, Vanity Fair, NYPL
Adult Book Sales Held Steady in September
The Association of American Publishers released data from its participating StatShot publishers for September, recording trade sales of $832 million, down slightly from $842 million a year ago. Adult books sold $568 million, just above flat from $567 million last year. Hardcovers sold $233 million (up 3 percent) and made up 41 percent of sales, with paperbacks comprising 27 percent at $155 million (down 14 percent). Digital audio again outsold ebooks in the adult market, with $78.8 million in audio sales—up a big 33.5 percent—compared to $76.8 million in ebooks. Adult fiction grew 9 percent to $292 million while nonfiction […]