Bestseller Stat Shot
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s latest book, Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again (S&S/Threshold), debuts at #5 on our Frontlist Hardcover Nonfiction list, with 27,686 print units sold its first week out, narrowly edging out fellow candidate Ben Carson’s A More Perfect Union (Penguin/Sentinel), which sold 27,251 copies. (We will pass on the opportunity to make a recount joke here.) Carson’s book, which was published in October, saw a 39% increase in print sales on the week and has sold 153k copies total, making it the overall frontrunner from any presidential candidate, thanks in part to its head start. Here’s where all the Republican author/candidates stand, with total sales of their most recent titles.
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Blogs
In children’s picture books, it’s the year of the yeti.
Podcasts
Senior writer Andrew Albanese on what’s next for Author Solutions, as CEO Andrew Phillips gives his first interview (see p. 4) since a lawsuit against the company was dismissed.
More to Come goes to Comic Arts Brooklyn, with artist interviews and a look at the state of independent comics publishing.
Eric Lindstrom discusses his YA novel, Not If I See You First (Poppy), about a visually impaired teenager struggling with the deaths of her parents.
Music writer Warren Zanes discusses Petty (Henry Holt), his new biography of rocker Tom Petty. Bill Henderson, founder of Pushcart Press, celebrates 40 years of the Pushcart Prize. PW executive editor Jonathan Segura talks about PW’s feature on coloring books for adults.
Publishers Weekly and the Bologna Children’s Book Fair present Global Kids Connect, a one-of-a-kind event on the best strategies to engage the children’s and young adult book market on a global scale. Register today, and we’ll see you on December 2.
