Abdulrazak Gurnah Wins 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature
The U.K.-based English-language Tanzanian novelist has won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature for “his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee.” more...Book Deals: Week of October 11, 2021
Scout signs a buzzed-about novel by a Swedish journalist, Norton nabs a memoir by South African Olympic gold medalist Caster Semenya, and more. more...
A Cooler Third Quarter for Book Sales
Unit sales of print books dipped in the third quarter but are still up 11% for the year to date. more...Looking for Answers to Supply Chain Challenges
The supply chain issues facing the book business this holiday season and beyond were years in the making and there are no quick fixes, experts agreed in a webinar held on October 6 by PW and Westchester Publishing Services. more...and more.
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BooksellingPrint Unit Sales Up 2% in Early October
Unit sales of print books rose 2% in the week ended Oct. 9, 2021, over the comparable week in 2020, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan.
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Publisher News
Translators Fight for Credit on Their Own Book Covers
Do you know who translated your favorite foreign-language novel? Whoever did wants you to know—as soon as you pick up the book, in fact. That’s why translators are demanding that book publishers credit them on the front covers of the books they translate.
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Bookselling
Another Pandemic Surprise: A Mini Indie Bookstore Boom
Though Covid-19 isn't going anywhere and challenges remain, new independent bookstores are opening up and doing well.
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Bookselling
Denver's Beloved Bookstore, Tattered Cover, Broadens Its Reach
The store has long had multiple locations, but the recent announcement of a new outlet in Colorado Springs early next year shows that the mini-chain's new owners hope to transform Tattered Cover into a real regional presence.
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Bookselling
This Week's Bestsellers: October 18, 2021
Amor Towles’s 'The Lincoln Highway,' which became this month’s Read with Jenna pick for the Jenna Bush Hager Book Club, hit #1 overall. Plus Grunge god Dave Grohl, the Nirvana drummer and Foo Fighters frontman, has the #2 book in the country this week with his memoir The Storyteller'.
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Book Deals
Book Deals: Week of October 18, 2021
William Morrow preempts a novel by Rebecca F. Kuang, Avery picks up a book on female bodybuilding from a Wall Street Journal editor, and more.
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Bookselling
Bookstore Sales Continued to Rebound in August
Bookstore sales continued their 2021 rebound in August, jumping 60.1% over 2020, as schools and colleges began to reopen. Sales were $1.23 billion, up from $770 million a year ago.
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Bookselling
Fiction Drove Small Gain in Print Book Sales Last Week
Gains of 26% in both the adult fiction and young adult fiction categories combined to increase total unit sales of print books by 2% last week over the comparable week in 2020.
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PW Tip Sheet
PW Picks: Books of the Week, October 18, 2021
The books we love coming out this week include new titles by Emily Ratajkowski, Rebecca Solnit, and Kalani Pickhart.
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Bookselling
Former Congressman Steve Israel to Open Indie Bookstore
Retired eight-term congressman Steve Israel has announced plans to open Theodore's, an independent bookstore, in Oyster Bay, N.Y., in the next month.
