PW Online and On Air: Week of April 1, 2013

Bestseller Stat Shot

The two bestselling adult novels last week were Six Years by Harlan Coben (Dutton) and the mass market edition of The Lost Years by Mary Higgins Clark (Pocket Books)—both in their first week on the chart. What were the top-selling novels of the same week in 2012? Stay Close by Harlan Coben (Dutton) and the mass market edition of I'll Walk Alone by Mary Higgins Clark (Pocket Books)—both in their first week on the chart. Coincidence or conspiracy? There are, after all, certain similarities between the books' titles, as well... Here's a breakdown of how they did out of the gate.

Blogs:

ShelfTalker
A not-to-miss roundup of PW's starred children's book reviews of 2013 up through March.

Beyond Her Book
Announcing the 2013 RITA and Golden Heart finalists.

PWxyz
What did we learn from our recent Great American Novel poll?

Podcasts

FaithCast
An interview with Robert Benson about his new novel, Moving Miss Peggy (Abingdon).

The Week Ahead
PW senior writer Andrew Albanese looks at a great year for Random House (thanks to the phenomenal success of the 50 Shades trilogy) and talks about the power of e-books to boost publishers' bottom-lines—but not without a few headaches.

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Authors

Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Michael D'Antonio talks about Mortal Sins (St. Martin's/Dunne), his investigation of the
sex-abuse scandal that has rocked the Catholic church.

Pick up some tips on Italian cooking from Tessa Kiros, author of Recipes and Dreams from an Italian Life (Andrews McMeel). (She was born in London, but let's not hold that against her.)

Current calls for information
-Pre-BEA issue/Galleys to Grab
-PW Show Daily
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Events

Want to get up to speed on Common Core? Join PW's Andrew Albanese and a panel of industry experts at the next PW Breakfast Discussion on April 10 as they talk about what publishers, authors, editors, and agents need to know about Common Core.

PW Radio
Sirius XM channel 80
Thursdays at 3 p.m.
Lee Woodruff joins hosts Rose Fox and Mark Rotella to discuss her debut novel, Those We Love Most (Voice), out now in paperback. Also, PW children's reviews editor John Sellers reports from the Bologna Children's Book Fair.

From the Newsletters

Tip Sheet
Urban explorer and Hidden Cities (Penguin) author Moses Gates reveals secret
discoveries from some very busy cities.

Children's Bookshelf
Check out our complete coverage of the 2013 Bologna Children's Book Fair.

Religion Bookline
We hear from Rob Bell, the postmodern
surfing pastor and author of What We Talk About When We Talk About God (HarperOne).

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The most-read review on publishersweekly.com last week was Superman: The Unauthorized Biography by Glen Weldon (Wiley).