Following Tuesday’s release of Hillary Clinton’s What Happened, publisher Simon & Schuster lamented to the AP that the Amazon product page was filled with customer “reviews” that were commentary on Mrs. Clinton rather than appraisals of her books. Publisher Jonathan Karp said, “It seems highly unlikely that approximately 1,500 people read Hillary Clinton’s book overnight and…
Bestseller Radar
Regnery Gives Up On NYT Bestseller Persecution Story with One Final Persecution Story
For years conservative authors and publishers have thrived on stories about how their books should rank higher on the NYT bestseller list and it’s rigged against their titles (except when they’re at the top). Now Regnery Publishing has declared that it will no longer bill its authors at “New York Times bestsellers” on their book jackets…
People, Etc.
At Random House Children’s, Stephanie McKinley has been promoted to senior digital developer; Kelly Mcgauley is now senior marketing manager, trade marketing; Mallory Matney moves up to associate manager, marketing operations and consumer show; and Alissa Nigro has been promoted to marketing associate, trade marketing. At Chronicle Books, Taylor Norman has been promoted to editor for children’s. Jamie Real has joined…
Handbook for Gaming Sales
The ABA has admitted belatedly that Lani Sarem’s Handbook for Mortals “should not have made it onto the Indie Bestsellers list” last week (where it was listed as the No. 2 young adult fiction hardcover) and “it isn’t appearing this week.” The organization added, “We’re always reviewing our procedures to improve them, and, following this, we…
NYT Removes New YA Book From Bestseller List, Following Indications of Planned, Bulk Purchases
The New York Times reissued their Young Adult hardcover bestseller list for sales through the week ending August 19 early Thursday evening to eliminate Lani Sarem’s Handbook for Mortals, which had debuted at No. 1, after an online campaign (including input from indie booksellers) helped to establish what appears to have been programmatic bulk orders…
Bestsellers, Charts, and Some Facts
Most days we focus on trying to make our own news and analysis as accurate, informed and comprehensive as possible and leave others reporting on the trade to their own approaches. But with a lot of attention on Amazon’s new Charts — too much, probably, since this is a new merchandising initiative for Amazon’s customers,…