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From:Publishers Weekly (Vol. 270, Issue 3)It has now been nearly three years since the start of the pandemic, and independent booksellers feel things are more or less back to normal. Generally speaking, indies across the country report similar trends: the return...
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From:Publishers Weekly (Vol. 270, Issue 3)Unit sales of print books dipped 0.1% in the week ended Jan. 7, 2023, from the comparable week in 2022, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. The young adult fiction category had the biggest increase, with sales up...
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From:Publishers Weekly (Vol. 270, Issue 3)Gina Centrello, head of the Random House Publishing Group ("Little Random") since 2003, has retired. The surprising news came in a memo from Penguin Random House CEO Madeline Mcintosh, who told employees that, given the...
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From:Publishers Weekly (Vol. 270, Issue 3)Last year was definitely a tale of two categories when it came to sales of adult books. Unit sales of fiction titles rose 8.5% over 2021, led by a 52.4% increase in sales of romance books, at outlets that report to NPD...
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From:Publishers Weekly (Vol. 270, Issue 3)* Chomsky, Robinson Sell 'Myth' In her first acquisition at Penguin Press, Sara Bershtel bought world rights to Nathan J. Robinson and Noam Chomsky's The Myth of American Idealism for six figures. Robinson [Responding...
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From:Publishers Weekly (Vol. 270, Issue 3)THEFT HEFT The week's biggest debut is The Stolen Heir by Holly Black, #1 on our children's fiction list and #6 in the country. It kicks off a duology based in the world of her Folk of the Air series, and though the...
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From:Publishers Weekly (Vol. 270, Issue 3)Hardcover Frontlist Fiction Hardcover Frontlist Nonfiction Mass Market Frontlist Trade Paperback Frontlist RANK LW TITLE AUTHOR 1 1 Lessons in Chemistry Bonnie Garmus 2 - Without a Trace Danielle Steel 3 - The...
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From:Publishers Weekly (Vol. 270, Issue 3)Children's Front list Fiction Children's Picture Books RANK TITLE 1 The Stolen Heir 2 Moon Rising (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel #6) 3 Nick and Charlie (Heartstopper) 4 Collaborations (Cat Kid Comic Club #4) 5 Diper...
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From:Publishers Weekly (Vol. 270, Issue 3)Spring is often when publishers take risks, and this season offers plenty to discover, including ambitious debut memoirs from gag cartoonists, weighty topics addressed with frank humor, and edgy sex comedy. TOP 10...
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From:Publishers Weekly (Vol. 270, Issue 3)This spring sees the debut graphic memoir from picture book star Dan Santat, the return of phenoms Jerry Craft and Nathan Hale, and a diverse bevy of up-and-comers, such as Stephanie Rodriguez, for young readers to...
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From:Publishers Weekly (Vol. 270, Issue 3)Teen comics this season embrace and remix genre tropes in tales starring ghosts, demons, and one bloodthirsty mermaid alongside more serious-minded coming-of-age memoirs. TOP 10 Danger and Other Unknown Risks Ryan...
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From:Publishers Weekly (Vol. 270, Issue 3)The category is booming, as seen in the wide variety of manga and manga-influenced titles in the upcoming season, including newly translated classics, contemporary dramas, dark fantasy and SF, and LGBTQ memoir. TOP 5...
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From:Publishers Weekly (Vol. 270, Issue 3)In her new graphic memoir, New Yorker cartoonist Julia Wertz finds sobriety while rejecting redemption narratives Julia Wertz doesn't play by the rules--not in her comics career, nor in her new graphic memoir,...
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From:Publishers Weekly (Vol. 270, Issue 3)* Our Best Intentions Vibhuti Jain. Morrow, $27.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-06-327878-3 Jain's riveting debut centers on a stabbing at a high school in affluent Westchester County, N.Y. While on the way to swimming...
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From:Publishers Weekly (Vol. 270, Issue 3)Wandering Souls Cecile Pin. Holt, $26.99 (240p) ISBN 978-1-250-86346-1 Pin follows three refugees out of Vietnam to England in her powerful debut. In 1978, Thi Anh, 16, and two younger brothers, Minh and Thanh,...
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From:Publishers Weekly (Vol. 270, Issue 3)The Nursery Szilvia Molnar. Pantheon, $26 (208p) ISBN 978-0-593-31684-9 Molnar's entrancing debut captures the volatile inner life of a woman with postpartum depression. The narrator, a literary translator, feels...
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From:Publishers Weekly (Vol. 270, Issue 3)The Dog of the North Elizabeth McKenzie. Penguin Press, $27 (336p) ISBN 978-0-593-30069-5 A grieving woman navigates a series of misadventures in the endearing and quirky latest from McKenzie (The Portable Veblen)....
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From:Publishers Weekly (Vol. 270, Issue 3)Thirst for Salt Madelaine Lucas.Tin House, $16.95 trade paper (272p) ISBN 978-1-953534-65-1 Australian writer Lucas's intelligent debut tracks a love affair between a young woman and an older man. The unnamed...
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From:Publishers Weekly (Vol. 270, Issue 3)Monstrilio Gerardo Samano Cordova, Zando, $27 (336p) ISBN 978-1-63893-036-5 A monster takes the place of a dead child in Mexican writer Samano Cordova's sly and unsettling debut. Santiago, 11, dies from an...
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From:Publishers Weekly (Vol. 270, Issue 3)Breakwater Marijke Schermer, trans, from the Dutch by Liz Waters. World Editions, $17.99 trade paper (192p) ISBN 978-1-6428-6125-9 A woman's tranquil life is disrupted by a traumatic memory in Schermer's haunting...