Volume 261
Issue 45
11/10/2014
Bestseller Stat Shot
Nora Roberts’s Blood Magick, the final book in her Cousins O’Dwyer trilogy, debuts at the top of our Trade Paperback list this week, selling almost 94,000 copies. Berkley published all three volumes in the paperback original series in about a year—the first installment, Dark Witch, came out last October. Both it and the follow-up, Shadow Spell, are still selling briskly; in fact, both saw healthy sales jumps from the prior week, with sales of Shadow Spell up 51%, and Dark Witch up 45%. Here’s a longer-range look at the series.
| Title | Pub Date | First Week Sales | Sales to Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dark Witch | Oct. 13 | 79,418 | 425,454 |
| Shadow Spell | Mar. 14 | 84,673 | 275,348 |
| Blood Magick | Oct. 14 | 93,661 | 94,555 |
From the Newsletters
Thirteen great first pages in literature.
Checking in with Pow!, the children’s publishing imprint of Brooklyn’s PowerHouse Books.
The best graphic novels of 2014.
How a teen battled bullying with a self-published book.
Talking with Gabrielle Hamilton, whose new cookbook, Prune, is just out from Random House.
Blogs
Phil Hogan on getting inside a villain’s head, Brett Easton Ellis on John Williams’s Butcher’s Crossing (New York Review Books), and Thomas McGuane on finding out his first novel was accepted: these are just a few of the things you’ve missed if you haven’t stopped by the PW Tumblr lately.
How one children’s bookseller helped rescue another when the latest Wimpy Kid book was released.
Podcasts
An interview with Joyce Brabner—longtime comics writer and widow of comics legend Harvey Pekar—about her new nonfiction graphic novel, Second Avenue Caper (Hill and Wang).
This season has seen the return of the million-dollar book deal. PW senior writer Andrew Albanese looks at the trend and discusses what it may mean for the future of the book business.
Take an in-depth look at the evolving comics world, including the ways its audience is changing and the newest opportunities in retail and in libraries. The discussion will be moderated by PW comics reviews editor Heidi MacDonald. Register today for this free webcast, and mark your calendar for November 13.
Going to the Self-Publishing Book Expo? Come visit the PW/BookLife booth to find out more about our self-publishing programs.
The submission period for the Spring 2015 Announcements issues is officially open. We want to know about new titles, both adult and children’s, being published in spring. For more information, plus instructions on how to submit via Edelweiss, click here.
Rose Levy Beranbaum discusses The Baking Bible (HMH) and why a wine bottle can be better than a rolling pin. And PW news editor Clare Swanson goes deeper into the world of cookbooks.
The most-read review on publishersweekly.com last week was Defending Beef, by Nicolette Hahn Niman (Chelsea Green).
Have you checked out our Best Books Web feature? See all 150 of the year’s best books, plus read the full reviews and get access to author interviews, profiles, and more.
