The Little Golden Book Biography of Taylor Swift by Wendy Loggia–the second bestselling backlist title for Penguin Random House last quarter–will be rereleased on November 5 with a new cover and 22 more pages of material, Today reports. The new pages will include additional information about Swift’s life and Eras tour, as well as coloring and activity pages. The book has sold over two million copies since publication in May 2023, according to a Random House Children’s press release. Circana Bookscan has recorded print sales of approximately 1.056 million copies. The revision comes as publishing enters its Taylor Swift era. […]
Adult Fiction Gained 8 Percent in June
The AAP released StatShot data from participating publishers for June 2024, reporting trade sales of $617.9 million, up 2.7 percent from 2023. Adult books sold $464.6 million, up 3.8 percent, comprising $266 million in fiction (an 8.2 percent gain) and $198.7 million in nonfiction (down 1.5 percent). Paperbacks were the top selling format, comprising 36.8 percent of the total (up 3 percent to $168.1 million), with hardcovers making up 31.4 percent or just below flat at $127.2 million. Digital formats continued their growth: ebooks were up 8.5 percent to $73.2 million (12.5 percent of total) and audio rose 9.3 percent […]
Authors Talk: Rumaan Alam
Entitlement (Riverhead, September 17, 2024. Editor: Sarah McGrath. Agent: Julie Barer at The Book Group.) Rumaan Alam is the author of the New York Times-bestselling novel Leave the World Behind, which was a finalist for the National Book Award and became a major motion picture, as well as two other novels. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, and elsewhere. He lives in Brooklyn. How did you find your agent? I have a long working relationship with the superb Julie Barer. A friend suggested I contact her when I was about to enter a […]
FT & Schroders Business Book of the Year Shortlist
The Financial Times and Schroders announced the shortlist for their £30,000 Business Book of the Year award.
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TouchPoint Press Shuts Down
Independent digital publisher TouchPoint Press has shut down, according to a letter from publisher Sheri Williams shared by Writer Beware. They note she had been “under pressure from authors, staff, the Arkansas Attorney General’s Office” and the Authors Guild. Williams writes that she has met with Authors Guild attorneys since last November when she was hospitalized for mental health issues, who urged her to close the publisher, “but I was determined to keep going telling myself that hard work would get us back where we need to be.” She writes that she has filed a claim with her business insurance […]