Danielle Steel and Tara Isabella Burton publish new fiction this week, while nonfiction includes work by Erika Howsare. In children’s, Gene Luen Yang and Leuyen Pham publish a new graphic novel this month. Also out this week is Ashley Elston’s FIRST LIE WINS, which is excerpted in our Buzz Books 2023: Fall/Winter anthology. 11 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-january-2 5 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-january-2 28 children’s/YA titles https://bookshop.org/lists/january-2024-children-s-new-releases From Buzz Books https://buzz.publishersmarketplace.com/ We consult a number of sources in compiling our weekly lists and PM members can see our lists for […]
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Holiday Book Sales See Strong Final Week, Outpace Last Year
Circana Bookscan reported sales for the week ending December 23, with a strong finish to holiday book sales: They recorded sales of 31.68 million print units, up 1.74 million units over the same week a year ago, a gain of 5.8 percent. That makes for the strongest week 51 in the Bookscan calendar over the past five years, and is comparable to the final big holiday weeks (week 50) from 2020 and 2021. Continuing its strength from the year, adult fiction registered its best holiday week in the last five years, moving 6.8 million units. That strong finish puts sales […]
House at Pooh Corner and Other Classic Works From 1928 to Enter The Public Domain On January 1
As usual, thousands of copyrighted works from 1928 will enter the public domain in the US on January 1, becoming free for all to copy and share. Notable books entering the public domain include D.H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover; Virginia Woolf’s Orlando; W.E.B. Du Bois’s Dark Princess; A.A. Milne’s House at Pooh Corner (featuring illustrations by E.H. Shepard); Evelyn Waugh’s Decline and Fall; Agatha Christie’s The Mystery of the Blue Train; and more.