London’s Sunday Times reported on YA writer Sharon Dogar’s forthcoming ANNEXED, set for publication in September by Andersen Press in the UK (part of Random UK) and October from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in the US. A novelized version of the story of Peter van Pels, whose family hid in the same building in Amsterdam as Anne Frank and her family during WWII, the catalog copy says it explores “What was it like to be forced into hiding with Anne Frank, first to hate her and then to find yourself falling in love with her?” The Times article says it includes […]
New Releases/Forthcoming
Meyer's Bree Tanner Moves Over 350K In Two Days
Little, Brown Children’s says that they sold over 350,000 copies of Stephenie Meyer’s THE SHORT SECOND LIFE OF BREE TANNER in the first 48 hours of sale in the US. They also tabulate that 15,000 people around the world have read the free online version “in its entirety.” (In 2007 her third book ECLIPSE sold an estimated 150,000 copies in its first day; in 2008 the publisher estimated first day says for BREAKING DAWN of 1.3 million copies.) Publisher Megan Tingley says in the announcement “we have every confidence that with the upcoming Eclipse movie release that Bree’s shelf life […]
Reasons to Go to the Store?
New releases may be finally helping to pull some physical book sales and in-store traffic. Following the big Stieg Larsson launch (already covered) and a number of other good openings for new fiction, tomorrow is the release of Stephenie Meyer’s Eclipse “novella,” The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner, followed by Tuesday’s release of trade favorite Justin Cronin’s The Passage.
Summer Books to Watch
We always enjoy the Wall Street Journal’s detailed preview of summer books which runs today. Along the same vein, USA Today ran their summer preview package earlier in the week, and the NYT’s Janet Maslin stuffs her beach bag with “fangs and other fluff, completely guilt free,” calling summer “the time to stop lying about what you read for fun.” In a short ebook preview, the Journal notes that the designers of the iPad version of Alice of Wonderland will sell a version of The Wizard of Oz next, while Vook has a two-part thriller series that features 36 chapters […]
Still More Buzz: The Last Batch of PL Reviews
Not wanting to be limited to the “official” buzz books, we also commissioned early reviews from one more curated selection of books featured at the show. Can Jonathan Franzen meet the tremendous expectations with FREEDOM? Veteran reviewer David Kipen says yes, and Nicole Krauss’s anticipated new book also sounds like one that will resonate with her fans. Freedomby Jonathan Franzen“This novel from the author of The Corrections invites sincere comparisons to Richard Yates, St. Paul native F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Tolstoy. “Of course, Franzen has something priceless going for him that Tolstoy never had: Page for page, line by line, […]
Book News: Auel Date, Larsson Strong Out the Gate
Knopf spokesman Paul Bogaards indicates that the third and final book in Stieg Larsson’s bestselling trilogy, THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST, had estimated first-day unit sales (in print and digital combined) in excess of 250,000 units. Two reprints just ordered will bring them up to 900,000 copies in print, as Bogaards celebrates that “we finally have a book that is driving traffic into stores…. The hope is that Larsson will prompt other sales, especially as the summer lists from publishers across the board look very strong – with standout work coming from Justin Cronin, Bret Easton Ellis, Samantha […]