Friends of the Library Book Sale will run October 26-30
From October 26th to 30th, Friends of the Library will host its Fall Book Sale 2024 at its bookhouse, 430 North Main Street. The post Friends of the Library Book Sale will run October 26-30 appeared first on Alachua Chronicle.
Huge book sale this month in Bonita Springs: What to know
Thousands of deep-discounted fiction and nonfiction books, puzzles, games, CDs and DVDs will be on sale Oct. 31 and Nov. 1-2 at the semiannual Book Sale at the Bonita Springs Library. The Book Sale, which will fill the first-floor meeting room of the public library off Old 41 Road, is organized every fall and spring by the nonprofit Friends of the Bonita Springs Library. ...
Boris Johnson’s memoir flops as sales slump despite ‘£2m advance’
Sales of Boris Johnson’s political memoir are understood to have slumped well below expectations, with the much-advertised release now on track to be overtaken by a cookbook.Despite an apparent £2m advance on the 784-page account of his time in Downing Street, Unleashed only managed to sell 42,528 copies in its opening week, far fewer than his publishers, HarperCollins, had likely predicted.The former prime minister suffered a 62 per cent reduction in his sales lead this week, narrowly managing to cling onto the number one spot, selling just 133 more copies than Tim Spector’s The Food for Life Cookbook.Mr Johnson’s...
What makes a book a bestseller? It’s tricky
It is a truth generally acknowledged that authors and publishers want their books to become bestsellers. Bestseller lists, especially those published in prestigious media outlets, such the New York Times, or publishing industry magazines are important marketing tools for publishers, and useful selection tools for booksellers, librarians and readers. An appearance on a New York Times bestseller list is a major coup for a book and its author. Even if, as economist Alan Sorensen contends, “appearing on the list leads to a modest increase in sales for the average book”, the benefit is “more dramatic for bestsellers by debut authors”,...