Prince Harry’s memoir breaks sales records
Spare is the UK’s fastest selling nonfiction book—it sold 400,000 copies across all formats on its first day on sale.
Bestsellers
Colleen Hoover coloring book canceled
Last week, Colleen Hoover announced an adult coloring book would be published based on her novel It Ends with Us.
Top 10 Bestsellers of 2022
Colleen Hoover claims six of the top ten spots.
USA Today bestseller list on “hiatus”
After a round of layoffs at USA Today, the longtime editor of the USA Today bestseller list, Mary Cadden, lost her job.
Colleen Hoover outsells the Bible in 2022
According to NPD BookScan, which tracks print retail sales in the US, Colleen Hoover has sold 7.3 million print books this year.
Closing Image: Feb. 2, 2022
Publishers Weekly recently tabulated US bestselling books according to publisher.
Vaynerchuk’s new book is a bestseller, but it’s not on any bestseller list
Author and entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk’s self-help book Twelve and a Half (Harper Business), released on November 30, has sold nearly a half million hardcovers during its first week on sale
Book sales update: November 10, 2021
NPD BookScan is reporting strong print sales versus last year, indicating that people may be getting their holiday shopping done early.
How Traditional Publishers Are Shifting to Data-Informed Marketing
Social media listening services and advertising analytics help publishers customize book marketing and improve reach
The new milestone for bestselling authors: establishing your own imprint
For many years now, celebrities (Gwyneth Paltrow, Oprah Winfrey, Johnny Depp, Sarah Jessica Parker, to name a few) have been tapped to headline imprints at big publishing houses.