Alexis Daria’s You Had Me at Hola is the top pick on the August Library Reads list. Also on the list: Caste, by Isabel Wilkerson The Exiles, by Christina Baker Kline Harrow the Ninth, by Tamsyn Muir The Night Swim, by Megan Goldin No Offense, by Meg Cabot The Silent Wife, by Karin Slaughter Squeeze Me, by Carl Hiaassen The Switch, by Beth O’Leary Vaness Yu’s Magical Paris Tea Shop, by Roselle Lim
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Donald Trump remains remarkably effective at boosting the sales of books he tries to block. As of June 30 Simon & Schuster told the court they had printed and started shipping approximately 75,000 copies of Mary Trump‘s TOO MUCH AND NEVER ENOUGH — and yesterday in a new afffadavit the publisher said they have printed and shipped over 600,000 hardcovers. Bookselling During lockdown Barnes & Noble refreshed about 350 of its stores, but as the NYT reports, the adjustments were relatively minor, “using small teams to move furniture around, paint walls and bring in new books.” Ceo James Daunt reports […]
Events: Virtual National Book Awards, and A Grant for Frankfurt
The National Book Awards ceremony on November 18 and all of the associated events will be held virtually this year. As a result, the organization will spread its events out, starting with the 5 Under 35 list on October 20. The NBA finalist reading is set for November 10 and Teen Press Conference held in partnership with the Miami Book Fair will be on November 16. Separately, the Frankfurt Book Fair has received a 4 million euro grant from the German government’s cultural stimulus package. As a result, stands up to 48 square meters at this year’s show will have […]
People, Etc.
Dawn Durante will join University of Texas Press as editor in chief on August 10. She was previously senior acquisitions editor at University of Illinois Press. Catherine Zappa has been promoted to publisher and evp of film & television at Dreamscape Media. Rachel Spence has joined The Rights Factory as associate editor. She was previously acquisitions editor at Dundurn Press. Picks Barnes & Noble chose Rachel Beanland‘s Florence Adler Swims Forever as its July book club selection. Book Fairs As expected, Canada will not participate in this year’s actual Frankfurt Book Fair as the featured/paid “guest of honor.” They will […]
More Picks: Apple Books July Picks, August Indie Next
Apple Books‘ Best of July includes: Sex and Vanity, by Kevin Kwan Friends and Strangers, by J. Courtney Sullivan Mexican Gothic, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Becoming Duchess Goldblatt, by Anonymous Action Park, by Andy Mulvihill and Jake Rossen The Pull of the Stars, by Emma Donoghue Utopia Avenue, by David Mitchell Dark August, by Kate Tallo Boyfriend Material, by Alexis Hall The Journeys of Trees, by Zach St. George The Sirens of Mars, by Sarah Stewart Johnson Murder in Chianti, by Camilla Trinchieri The Only Good Indians, by Stephen Graham Jones Crooked Hallelujah, by Kelli Jo Ford Pew, by Catherine Lacey […]
Briefs: Strong Opening Sales for Bolton
Simon & Schuster announced Wednesday morning that John Bolton’s THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENED: A White House Memoir sold “a total of more than 780,000” units in its first week on sale in the US. Note, however, that the total includes “orders from consumers that are as yet unfulfilled due to extraordinary demand,” which is unusual for a “sales” tabulation by industry practice. (Remember that the publisher told the court it had shipped approximately 200,000 copies to accounts in the US.) The publisher says it has an eleventh printing on the way that will bring the number of hardcovers in […]