RELX Group Is the World's Biggest Publisher
The producer of STM and legal materials overtakes Pearson as the world’s largest publisher. more...Book Deals: Week of October 14, 2019
Seven-figure deals dominate this week’s column, as publishers open their wallets in the run-up to this week’s Frankfurt Book Fair. more...
Atwood, Evaristo Jointly Win the 2019 Booker Prize
Both 'The Testaments' by Margaret Atwood, and 'Girl, Woman, Other' by Bernardine Evaristo, were judged to be worthy of the 2019 Booker Prize. The two authors will split the £50,000 prize money. more...HBG Launches Hachette Go
Hachette's new imprint, to launch next March, will publish books in a variety of nonfiction categories that are geared to help readers change their lives for the better. more...and more.
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Publisher NewsTo Sell More Books, S&S Hits the Road
The S&S Selects PrePub Tour sends authors of books due out next season from Simon & Schuster’s five adult imprints across the country to schmooze with literary tastemakers around the country.
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Bookselling
Unit Sales Had Small Increase In Mid-October
With both juvenile categories posting gains, unit sales of print books inched up 0.5% in the week ended Oct. 12, 2019, over the similar week in 2018, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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Bookselling
Two Minnesota Indie Bookstores Partnered Up, and Business Is Booming
Twin Cities area bookstores Excelsior Bay Books and Valley Bookseller have entered a unique collaborative relationship that is attracting A-list authors to their premises and bumping up both stores’ sales.
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Bookselling
This Week's Bestsellers: October 21, 2019
YA fantasy author Leigh Bardugo hits the charts with her first adult novel, 'Ninth House,' and more in this week's bestsellers.
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Religion
Five Myth-Busting Books on Motherhood
A handful of new books from religion and spirituality publishers aim to set the record straight on what being a mother looks like today.
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Religion
New Parenting Books Foster Faith and Resilience
A slate of new and forthcoming books is ready to help parents find ways to cope with some of the issues kids face today.
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Book Deals
Book Deals: Week of October 21, 2019
Ballantine re-ups a major bestseller, HarperOne gets into the swing with Tiger Woods, Candlewick nabs a book based on a viral tweet, and more in this week's notable book deals.
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PW Tip Sheet
PW Picks: Books of the Week, October 21, 2019
This week: the latest from Nelson DeMille, plus a biography of Thomas Edison from a Pulitzer winner.
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PW Tip Sheet
6 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About Flannery O'Connor
O'Connor's resistance of the "Southern writer" label, the secret order to "A Good Man is Hard to Find," and more.
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People
Megan Lynch Named Publisher at Flatiron
Megan Lynch, currently editorial director at HarperCollins' Ecco imprint, will join Flatiron Books November 4 as senior v-p and publisher on November 4.
