Closing Image: October 16, 2019
According to NPD BookScan, which tracks print sales in the US, Delia Owens’s debut, Where the Crawdads Sing, is the year’s bestseller so far.
Day: October 16, 2019
Hot Sheet Index: October 16, 2019
Publishers Inch toward breaking even with 2018 Sales. Comparing unit sales of print titles in 2019 versus 2018 so far.
Links of Interest: October 16, 2019
News Amazon has launched a Kindle for children. The Kids Edition comes bundled with 1,000 books, world-building tools, and parental controls. Read Samuel Gibbs in The Guardian. A major bestselling author, Jojo Moyes, is accused of plagiarism. Moyes denies having read the plagiarized work; Moyes’s publisher says it has confidence in the integrity of Moyes and the work.  … Read more
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