Besser to Replace Boughton at Macmillan Children's
Senior v-p and publishing director Simon Boughton is leaving Macmillan; Jennifer Besser, currently president and publisher of G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, will assume his role on October 30. more...Bookstore News: September 22, 2017
New bookstores planned for Ohio and New York; a California couple launch a mobile bookstore; visiting three of Washington state's indies; a bookstore's Hillary Clinton video goes viral; and more. more...At Annual NEIBA Show, Booksellers Slam Amazon and Toast Each Other
At the just-wrapped annual gathering of the New England Independent Booksellers Association (NEIBA), there were big names and one big outburst, when the host of the New England Book Awards Banquet, Joe Donahue, kicked off the evening with a loud expletive about Amazon. more...On Second Novels, the Unloved Sibling of the Buzzy Debut
Lindsay Hunter, whose second novel 'Eat Only When You're Hungry' was just published, reflects on the how writing has changed since the publication of her first novel, and how writers move through their careers. more...and more.
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BooksellingRelease of ‘What Happened’ Can’t Stop Sales Slide
Not even the release of Hillary Clinton’s new book, What Happened, could end what is now a monthlong sales slide.
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Book Deals
Book Deals: Week of September 25, 2017
A lit agent sells her debut novel, Flatiron lands one of the country’s youngest mayors, Sourcebooks invests in a “slow home” podcaster, and more in this week's notable book deals.
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Bookselling
Bargain Books in the Digital Age
The rebound in print sales has helped stabilize the remainder market.
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Bookselling
This Week's Bestsellers: September 25, 2017
Books by Hillary Rodham Clinton and NBC’s Katy Tur offer from-the-trenches accounts of the 2016 presidential election. Elsewhere on our Hardcover Nonfiction list, new cookbooks and motivational titles proliferate.
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Religion
Books for a Clearer Life
Books about conscious living aim to awaken readers to greater spiritual and self-awareness.
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Business Deals
Abrams Parent Company in Merger Talks
La Martinière Groupe, the French parent company of Abrams, is in discussions to merge with fellow French publisher Média‐Participations. The two companies said that they expect to come to an agreement "in the coming months."
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Bookselling
Bookstore News: September 22, 2017
New bookstores planned for Ohio and New York; a California couple launch a mobile bookstore; visiting three of Washington state's indies; a bookstore's Hillary Clinton video goes viral; and more.
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Bookselling
At Annual NEIBA Show, Booksellers Slam Amazon and Toast Each Other
At the just-wrapped annual gathering of the New England Independent Booksellers Association (NEIBA), there were big names and one big outburst, when the host of the New England Book Awards Banquet, Joe Donahue, kicked off the evening with a loud expletive about Amazon.
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PW Tip Sheet
On Second Novels, the Unloved Sibling of the Buzzy Debut
Lindsay Hunter, whose second novel 'Eat Only When You're Hungry' was just published, reflects on the how writing has changed since the publication of her first novel, and how writers move through their careers.
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PW Tip Sheet
PW Picks: Books of the Week, September 25, 2017
This week: a new story collection from James McBride, plus an excellent Scandinavian crime thriller.
