This Week's Bestsellers: December 4, 2023
'Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography,' now in its seventh month on sale, is the #7 book in the country. Plus Snoop Dogg and Earl “E-40” Stevens serve up a new cookbook, 'Goon with the Spoon,' and Skyward series author Brandon Sanderson remains 'Defiant.' more...Book Deals: Week of December 4, 2023
Bestselling YA author Brigid Kemmerer sells an adult romantasy trilogy to Avon, Lyons buys a book on the rise of Major League Soccer, and more. more...
The Holiday Season Looks Promising for Indie Bookstores
Independent bookstores saw steady sales over the shopping spree that increasingly characterizes the three days after Thanksgiving, which brought with them a much-needed confidence boost for booksellers going into the holiday season. more...Penguin Random House, Authors Sue to Block Iowa Anti-LGBTQ Book Banning Law
Penguin Random House and the Iowa State Education Association, along with four bestselling authors and five plaintiffs from the state of Iowa, have sued the state to block key provisions of its sweeping new law banning books with sexual or LGBTQ+ content in schools. more...and more.
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PeopleTracy Behar Moves to Avery, Michael Szczerban Up at Little, Brown
Tracy Behar, founding publisher of Little, Brown Spark, has been named senior v-p and publisher at Avery and TarcherPerigee, effective next year, succeeding Megan Newman. At Little, Brown, Michael Szczerban has been named v-p and publisher of Voracious and Spark.
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Religion
David C Cook Names New CEO
Bill Reeves, previously an agent and an executive producer in the Christian entertainment industry, has been named CEO of Christian publisher David C Cook.
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Business Deals
The Taunton Press Sold to Active Interest Media
The Taunton Press, publisher of magazines, books, and a range of digital products in the woodworking, home building and renovation, building science, gardening, and sewing categories, has been acquired by enthusiast media company Active Interest Media.
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Business Deals
Marcus Leaver Returns to Publishing with Gemini Books Group
The former Sterling Publishing, Quarto Publishing, and Welbeck Publishing Group head has formed Gemini Books Group, which will focus on publishing nonfiction gift books and children’s books in both the U.K. and U.S. markets.
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Publisher News
Fresh Off a National Book Award Win, Omnidawn Looks Toward the Holidays
This year, the nonprofit publisher won its first National Book Award for Craig Santos Perez's poetry collection 'from unincorporated territory [åmot].' Its publisher, Rusty Morrison, forecasts solid sales for that title, and others, this holiday season.
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Bookselling
A Primer for Protecting and Supporting Bookstores
‘How to Protect Bookstores and Why,’ the new book by The Raven bookstore co-owner Danny Caine, offers strategies for booksellers and their customers to keep indie stores kicking.
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Bookselling
This Week's Bestsellers: December 4, 2023
'Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography,' now in its seventh month on sale, is the #7 book in the country. Plus Snoop Dogg and Earl “E-40” Stevens serve up a new cookbook, 'Goon with the Spoon,' and Skyward series author Brandon Sanderson remains 'Defiant.'
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Book Deals
Book Deals: Week of December 4, 2023
Bestselling YA author Brigid Kemmerer sells an adult romantasy trilogy to Avon, Lyons buys a book on the rise of Major League Soccer, and more.
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Libraries
The Week in Libraries: December 1, 2023
Among the week's headlines: Iowa becomes the next book banning legal battleground; a survey finds that parents still overwhelmingly trust libraries and library workers; and ALA announces Meg Medina as honorary chair of National Library Week 2024.
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Financial Reporting
Quarto to Go Private, Delist from London Stock Market
The U.K.-based publisher said a proposed stock market delisting will save money and give it more flexibility to react to business challenges and opportunities. The U.S. is Quarto's largest market.
