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The film, in theatres this Friday, is highly anticipated by the legion of fans of Hosseini's debut novel, which came out of nowhere in 2004 to shoot to the top of bestseller lists around the globe. Continued on. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Culture: Liars And Kidnappers Dec 5, 2007
The Catholic League, which is leading a boycott of the film, says what makes Pullman special "is that this 'atheist with a mission' has targeted children to spread his message." But in fact, the atheist nonfiction authors in vogue on bestseller lists lately have themselves advocated kidnapping the minds of children from their parents. In his book published this year, "god is not Great," atheist Christopher Hitchens (Peter's estranged brother) entitles an entire chapter "Is Religion Child Abuse?"... (Investors Business Daily)
Author charged 'Da Vinci Code' was plagiarized Dec 1, 2007
The prominent court case sent "Holy Blood" back up the bestseller lists, but Baigent and Leigh were left with a bill estimated at almost $6. 2 million after Smith ordered them to pay 85% of Random House's legal costs. (Los Angeles Times)
Author who sued Dan Brown dies Nov 30, 2007
The high-profile case sent Holy Blood back up the bestseller lists, but Baigent and Leigh were left with a bill estimated at almost 3m after the judge ordered them to pay 85% of Random House's legal costs. "We lost on the letter of the law. I think we won on the spirit of the law, to that extent we feel vindicated," Leigh said after the verdict. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
More than just fun and games Nov 30, 2007
Serious games are now beginning to find their way into stores and onto the bestseller lists. One timely example is the recently released My Word Coach from Ubisoft, a game publisher and developer with a large studio operation in Montreal. (Globe and Mail -- Technology)
Writer hits the film jackpot Nov 30, 2007
Dennis Lehane has become a mainstay on bestseller lists with his Boston-set crime fiction. So count Dennis Lehane among the doubly fortunate few. (CNN -- Showbiz)
An e-book reader that just might catch on Nov 23, 2007
The Kindle store offers bestseller lists, Most Popular lists and a Search box. The catalogue includes 90,000 books so far, including 101 of the 112 current New York Times best-sellers. (Globe and Mail -- Technology)
Ireland: Peter Cameron Nov 23, 2007
My last two books -- "The City of Your Final Destination" and "Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You" -- have both been on the bestseller lists there. It is, of course, extremely gratifying when so many people respond to and value one's work. (Zmag.org)
Mulroney plans book on fracas, publisher says Nov 14, 2007
The Mulroney book has been on the national bestseller lists for eight consecutive weeks, including two consecutive weeks, Sept. 22 and 29, at No. 1 on The Globe and Mail charts. M & S reportedly printed 50,000 copies for its initial run and yesterday the company confirmed it has since reprinted the book twice to bring its total print run to just over 70,000. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Mad about the boy Nov 10, 2007
It was like male monkeys presenting rumps to their superiors (This was also a time when Desmond Morris's The Naked Ape and its sequels were topping international bestseller lists). The only difference was that these human apes had taken this universal gesture of sexual domination a little further than their primate cousins. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
"Survivor" All-Stars Ready for Battle Nov 8, 2007
Nov. 08, 2007 4:50 a.m. PT. Paste the code below into your fave news reader. (Yahoo News -- Survivor)
Comic chameleons rewrite the book Nov 3, 2007
Their books have some hilarious passages, and both should sell well (Colbert's already has shot to No. 1 on most bestseller lists). The problem is that the material created for TV and film just doesn't play as well on the printed page. (Variety)
United States Nov 3, 2007
The book remained on the bestseller lists for weeks. Rhett Butler's People is further testimony, as if any were needed, to the hold Mitchell's novel has on the popular imagination. (Guardian Unlimited)
Why every woman needs a guy like this Nov 1, 2007
Since it was published three years ago, He's Just Not That Into You has sold more than three million copies, and earned the No. 1 slot on bestseller lists worldwide, including that of The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. It also boosted the American comic's profile to a whole new level. (Globe and Mail)
Controversy Mounts Over 'Golden Compass' Oct 30, 2007
The series has soared to the top of bestseller lists in the U.K. and other countries but has not caught on in the United States. The Catholic League has mounted a PR campaign against the movie after researching Pullman's own writings about his series. (Fox News)
Cookbook is health risk, says nutritionist Oct 30, 2007
Her traditional recipes - complete with bacon and egg pie; tablet, a sweet made from sugar and condensed milk; and Forfar bridies heavy in suet - have been published for the first time, hitting the top three in Scotland's bestseller lists. It is an imagined version of Maw Broon's famous recipe book, complete with food stains, annotations, newer recipes clipped from make-believe newspapers and cheeky cartoons scribbled in by the young Broons - the Twins and the Bairn. (Guardian Unlimited)
‘In the dark is where you find the light' Oct 27, 2007
It feels good to have beaten the cynics who resented a first novel staying on the bestseller lists for so long. I do have to say, the publishing world is a vengeful, nasty little place. She laughs, and there is a sense of nerves being shaken off. (Globe and Mail)
Is she for real? Oct 27, 2007
Thanks to Montel, Sylvia Browne's books - such as Adventures Of A Psychic - are forever on the bestseller lists. She is the queen of psychics, but there are scores of pretenders out there. (Guardian Unlimited)
Battle of theex-PMs' books Oct 23, 2007
Nonetheless, you can be sure both men are checking the bestseller lists religiously. No doubt, it has been a bit of a blow to their egos to see that the autobiography of pro wrestler Bret (The Hitman) Hart is outselling both of them by a wide margin at amazon. (Globe and Mail)
Stephen Colbert Opens Quill Awards Oct 23, 2007 For-profit libraries a sad story Oct 22, 2007 KILLING TIME Oct 21, 2007 The Sims Bowling Review Oct 13, 2007 * Scientist issues warning on climate Oct 10, 2007 Bedtime storytelling creates best-selling children's book Oct 10, 2007 Greenhouse gases already beyond 'worst-case,' scientist says Oct 10, 2007 A challenge to believers -- and non-believers Oct 8, 2007 The contender Oct 8, 2007 Clinton adviser inspires College Democrats Oct 4, 2007 What language barrier? Oct 1, 2007 Trashing Mother Teresa Sep 29, 2007 Former Fed chairman isn't without blame Sep 26, 2007 Rebels, writers, and milkmaids Sep 25, 2007 The pot boils over Sep 22, 2007 O.J.'s confession Sep 22, 2007 Touchy book on Japan royals faces ad ban: publisher Sep 21, 2007 Gowdy, Ondaatje, Vassanji on Giller long list Sep 18, 2007 Dreams from My Father Sep 17, 2007 'The Age of Turbulence' by Alan Greenspan Sep 17, 2007 OJ named as possible armed-robbery suspect Sep 15, 2007 Mulroney uses book launch to defend record as PM Sep 11, 2007 Bookseller hopes for a happy ending Sep 9, 2007 NEW CEO FOR BOOK PUBLISHER Sep 7, 2007 How did we miss these? Sep 2, 2007 Prepare for all-out war Aug 31, 2007 The Girls' Boarding School Story Aug 29, 2007 Judge book festival by all that it covers Aug 20, 2007 Blair is ready to take bids for his memoirs Aug 17, 2007 Getting Immigration Right Aug 14, 2007 Space to think Aug 12, 2007 Middlesex came to him in a dream Aug 12, 2007 Learn to read Aug 8, 2007 Stephen Colbert To Open Quill Awards Aug 3, 2007 Harlequin Launches Spice Briefs Aug 2, 2007 Library plays host to C-SPAN Bus on Tuesday Jul 31, 2007 As the crow flies Jul 28, 2007 The teenagers born to be mild Jul 28, 2007 Longlist for Man Asian literary prize announced Jul 25, 2007 Happy birthday to ewe! Charles gives Camilla two sheep Jul 21, 2007 Baby robot that can walk, talk and feel Jul 21, 2007 Sshh! The Secret is out Jul 15, 2007 Saling The World: Dragon Quest Swords Tops Sales in Debut Week Jul 15, 2007 Turning the page on Pottermania Jul 14, 2007 Warner Bros to film another best-selling children's series Jul 13, 2007 Borders(R) Releases 'The Hammer' on July 11 Jul 12, 2007 Tennenbaum options 'Elephants' Jul 9, 2007 French official suggested Bush was behind September 11 Jul 9, 2007 Muggles get ready Jul 4, 2007 Last Harry Potter becomes most pre-ordered item for Amazon Jul 3, 2007 Life or death: It's the big 'Harry Potter' question Jul 2, 2007 France's tough cops wield a new weapon: culture Jul 1, 2007 Comic Greg Behrendt Jun 30, 2007 Independence history, attractions earn city 'must visit' designation Jun 29, 2007 Stupid Party Jun 20, 2007 TV classics cut to the chase Jun 19, 2007 Book Review: Woody Allen's "Mere Anarchy" Jun 18, 2007 Down's syndrome novel tugs at America's heartstrings Jun 17, 2007 * Woody Allen's humor has never really left New York Jun 17, 2007 Read an excerpt from 'Summer Reading' Jun 14, 2007 Pam Jenoff's The Kommandant's Girl is a 2007 Quill Award Nominee Jun 9, 2007 Madonna's not our saviour Jun 8, 2007 Right-wing publishing struggles to find its political voice Jun 6, 2007 Michener's secret covenant Jun 4, 2007 Sarkozy pins dream on bricks and mortar May 31, 2007
Headed by Sara Nelson, PW's editor in chief, a Quills/PW Selection Committee comprised of PW editors drew upon industry expertise, PW starred reviews and PW Bestseller Lists to nominate five books in each of the Quills nineteen categories. Eligible titles were published between July 1, 2006 and June 30. (WNBC.com, NY)
A world without end – of stories Oct 22, 2007
When the statue - featuring Follett wearing a raincoat, on a research trip for his 1989 blockbuster Pillars of the Earth - is unveiled in January, Pillars' sequel, World Without End, may be sitting on various bestseller lists. The new novel might still be popular in Italy, where it leapt to No. 1 on its release a couple of weeks ago, or perhaps in Germany, where Pillars sat on the bestseller list for six years. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Professional librarians can spotlight important books that don't have enough marketing muscle to make bestseller lists. Library databases create 24-hour access to information. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
Putnam Both Patricia Cornwell, and her most famous character, Dr. Kay Scarpetta, have traveled a great distance since they appeared together for the first. That novel, originally rejected by seven major publishing houses, went on to capture a slew of awards (Edgar, Creasy, Anthony and Macavity), a gaggle of fans and launched a frenzy of forensic imitators in books, television and movies. (New York Post -- Opinions)
The game was everywhere -- at the tops of bestseller lists, preloaded on new handsets, front and center at the launch of Verizon's V CAST service. However, after Electronic Arts bought JAMDAT to gain dominance in the space, one of the greatest organically produced mobile hits went dark. (IGN Wireless Games)
Flannery, whose recent book The Weather Makers made bestseller lists worldwide, said new and improved scientific data showed that the amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions had reached about 455 parts per million by the middle of 2005, well ahead of scientists' previous calculations. "We thought we'd be at that threshold within about a decade, that we had that much time," Flannery said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Thus shaped by the boys, the oral storytelling sessions turned into a children's book that has topped bestseller lists. Haseltine will be in San Luis Obispo to do a book signing for it, the same day Jars of Clay performs in concert in Pismo Beach. (Santa Maria Times)
Mr. Flannery, whose recent book The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth, made bestseller lists worldwide, said the data showed that the amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions had reached about 455 parts per million by mid-2005, well ahead of scientists' previous calculations. We thought we'd be at that threshold within about a decade, that we had that much time, Mr. Flannery said. (Globe and Mail)
Id also like to kick some of the atheists off the bestseller lists ... Id also like to kick some of the atheists off the bestseller lists. (Townhall.com)
October, as precise, economical and simile-deprived as anything Wright has written, was named to the long list of the $40,000 Scotiabank Giller Prize in mid-September (the short list will be announced Tuesday), and has nudged its way onto a couple of bestseller lists. Still, you never get over the anxiety of bringing a book to the public. (Globe and Mail)
McAuliffe spoke about his book, "What a Party! My Life Among Democrats: Presidents, Candidates, Donors, Activists, Alligators and Other Wild Animals," which came out in January and has been on the New York Times and Washington Post's bestseller lists. In the book he writes about starting his own business at age 14 and then being able to retire early. (GW Hatchet, Washington DC)
The most successful exponents of this formula, such as Deborah Tannen, author of You Just Don't Understand, and John Gray, author of Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, have topped the bestseller lists on both sides of the Atlantic. Advice on how to bridge the communication gulf between the sexes has grown into a flourishing multimedia industry. (Guardian Unlimited)
The bestseller lists are full of books telling us God is a fraud and religion is spawned by the devil (sorry). In a free society, those points-of-view should 00004000 be heard. (Human Events Online)
His place on the bestseller lists and in the quotation dictionaries assured, Greenspan is now saying that he never heard Bush or Cheney explicitly invoke the word as a rationale for war, ut that would have been my motive. As he explained it to The Washington Post, what he was trying to say in his memoir was that he, Chairman Greenspan, thought the war should be about oil and that although securing global oil supplies was ot the administration's motive, he had made the case to the White House... (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
Yet, based on the bestseller lists, one might think history was simply a series of battles and be unaware that something else was afoot in universities across the country. Then came "A Midwife's Tale." With this beautifully written excavation of a decidedly average woman's daily life in Colonial America, Ulrich produced not only a Pulitzer and Bancroft Prize-winning volume, but also a bestseller that enchanted a popular audience thrilled to read about women's lives in the distant American past. (Boston Globe -- Living)
Vicious feud threatens to split Britain s most famous authors and their agents - Times Online. Free with tomorrow's Sunday Times, the essential Uni guide. (The Sunday Times)
Sure, there was media coverage surrounding the Sept. 14 publication of "If I Did It," but most of it dealt with how the book came to be published, who stood to profit from it and, of course, how it had jumped to the top of some bestseller lists. Is that all these reporters and pundits could say. (Los Angeles Times)
Daisan Shokan's translation went on sale in Japan in August and has made the bestseller lists in some Tokyo bookstores. Hill said his book had already been published in Australia, the United States and Taiwan, and would also be marketed in China, Indonesia, Turkey and Romania. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Among the writers missing from this year's list whom some expected would be there are Gail Anderson-Dargatz, who had scored Giller nominations in 1995 and 1998 and whose latest, Turtle Valley, has received enthusiastic reviews, and Nancy Huston, the Calgary-born, Paris-based novelist who was short-listed for the 1999 Giller and whose newest, Fault Lines, won several prizes and enjoyed a long stay on the bestseller lists in France last year. Other writers expected to place either on the basis of... (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Both also wrote insightful and inspiring books that lingered on the bestseller lists. To have so much insight into the personal and intellectual development of the freshest and most interesting candidate for the presidency of the US is a rare gift; it's a striking contrast with the anodyne political biographies that try to explain our candidates. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
He is trying to convey complicated and subtle technocratic ideas about the global economy -- its current structure and how it functions -- in a way that is comprehensible to general readers whose purchases drive bestseller lists. My students will read it because it will be on the midterm. (Los Angeles Times)
com and Barnes bestseller lists. "Surreal, absolutely surreal. I don't think that there is a fiction writer in all of Hollywood that could write up this scenario," Sharlene Martin, the Los Angeles literary agent who arranged publication of the book for the Goldmans, said of the Las Vegas incident. (Los Angeles Times)
The book was already sitting the near the top of bestseller lists by the time Mulroney addressed Monday's crowd, which included Quebec Premier Jean Charest, federal Public Works Minister Michael Fortier and Montreal Mayor Gerald Tremblay. Mulroney stayed away from his earlier comments, choosing instead to defend such initiatives as the GST and the Meech Lake accord. (CTV.ca)
"I sold Tony Hillerman books five years before he hit the bestseller lists," she said. "Mysteries are a much broader category than some people think. Some writers don't fit the stereotype and get squeezed out.". (Boston Globe -- Business)
Part of the current boom has been fueled by Rhonda Byrne's "The Secret," which has spent 33 weeks on bestseller lists, Walter Isaacson's "Einstein: His Life and Universe," and by the children's book "Dog" by Matthew Van Fleet and Brian Stanton. For Reidy, an executive at a rival publisher said her challenge will be going from publisher to CEO.. (New York Post -- Business)
So those bestseller lists and crowded festival appearances create a misleading impression of the true circumstances of literary life. For every book that tickles public taste, captures the zeitgeist and hits the jackpot, there are thousands that do not appeal to contemporary readers, fail to find a sufficient audience and almost disappear. (Guardian Unlimited)
In fact, at least five Halo-based novels have been published, some making their way onto The New York Times and Publishers Weekly bestseller lists. As well as evolving the storyline and revamping the visuals to Xbox 360's high-definition standards, Bungie's primary focus with Halo 3 is to boost the scale of combat. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Whilst Angela Brazil might not be top of the bestseller lists, Malory Towers, St. Clare s and The Chalet School continued to justify their places on the shelves of the major bookstores. In fact, they were such valuable intellectual property that Chorion, the company who holds the rights to Blyton s work, employed Anne Digby and Pamela Cox to write new books in the St. Clare s and Naughtiest Girl In the School series. (Suite101.com)
One couldn't help but feel she rather undid her own point by going on to describe a chain-store chief fiction buyer whom she wanted "to grab... by the throat, smack him against the wall and say, 'You stupid a***hole!'" To be fair to Rankin, his comments were meant as a bemused observation on a particular week in the bestseller lists rather than a diagnosis. The brouhaha didn't overshadow Rankin revealing the title of what - thus far - has been called "Rebus XX" - not "Rebus Kiss Kiss" as some... (Scotsman)
The move suggests that Mr Blair would be pitching heavily for the US market, where political memoirs are regularly in the bestseller lists. It means that Mr Blair will be breaking a vow he once made to Lord Radice, the former Labour MP. The peer s diary records Mr Blair as saying: I hope I am still a human being. (Times Online)
McVeigh sucked up all available political publicity for several weeks, and, understandably enough, halted the book s rise on the bestseller lists. McVeigh also had a more damaging effect on the immigration debate: he became the poster boy for a dark vision of America in which the villains were not any kind of aliens but Us. (The American Conservative)
2003 Pattern Recognition breaks into bestseller lists. 2007 Spook Country released on 7 August. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
The paperback reissue immediately vaulted onto the bestseller lists in the U.S. (though not, strangely, in Canada), helping to ease whatever pecuniary concerns Eugenides might have over the fact that his next novel is still some years away. Eugenides averages a novel every nine years, but his novels have had long shelf lives. (Globe and Mail)
Bestseller lists used to contain ten titles. Now it's up to a hundred. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Headed by Sara Nelson, PW's editor in chief, a Quills/PW Selection Committee comprised of PW editors will draw upon industry expertise, PW starred reviews and PW Bestseller Lists to nominate five books in each of the Quills nineteen categories. Eligible titles will have been published between July 1, 2006 and June 30. (WNBC.com, NY)
Already an industry front-list leader in eBooks, Harlequin is at the leading edge of digital publishing, offering approximately 100 new titles every month in eBook format and regularly topping the eBook bestseller lists. Spice Books began publishing in May 2006 and releases one title bimonthly. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Hitchens is the author of God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, which has climbed many bestseller lists. Not everyone will be interviewed, but the opportunity may arise, Peterson said. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
Several newspapers - including this one - have recently published handy identification charts; an amateur guide has appeared in the bestseller lists; TV twitchers have taken to promoting seasonal garden watches; the RSPB is flourishing. Why the sudden surge of interest. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Although in parts anachronistic, Baden-Powell's book is fourth in the all-time bestseller lists just behind the Bible, the Qur'an and Mao Zedong's Little Red Book. "He started a great thing. It fits all people, all races, all creeds, so he did something right," said Parker Vascik, a US scout from Virginia. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
Her first novel, Snakes and Earrings, written when she was 21, won the prestigious Akutagawa prize and topped the bestseller lists in her native Japan. She is in the running with Autofiction, her third novel. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Happy birthday to ewe. Fashion mad WAG Coleen's a right Swiss miss with this plaited hairstyle. (Daily Mail)
But each time model/reality TV star Jordan writes a book, it tops the bestseller lists. So just what does her success tell us about modern Britain. (Yahoo News -- Robots and Robotics)
In March, the publisher of The Secret announced it had ordered another print run of the book - nothing new for books that sit on national bestseller lists for several weeks ... In addition, the audio version of the book and the DVD of the film also sit on top of the bestseller lists. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Its chart longevity is questionable, however, given that first-person shooters tend to disappear quickly from weekly Japanese bestseller lists. PlayStation 3 North America: 1. (Gamasutra)
Not bad for a country where 10,000 purchases of a fiction title are often enough to put a book onto bestseller lists. Jamie Broadhurst, Vice President of Marketing at Raincoast Books. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
The Septimus Heap series has sold more than 1 million copies in the United States since its inception, with all of the books appearing on national bestseller lists immediately. The series has been translated into 28 languages and appeared on the bestseller lists in France, Sweden, Spain, and Britain. (Xinhuanet, China)
Borders' first exclusive and proprietary novel, "Slip & Fall" by Nick Santora, was released June 11 and has since reached bestseller lists at "The Wall Street Journal" and "The Boston Globe," and was recently named as a top summer read by "USA Today." Future titles under Borders' exclusive and proprietary publishing program include a 50th Anniversary of the GRAMMY Awards book and a John Legend Tour book. About Borders, Inc.. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Film rights to Water for Elephants, Sara Gruens Depression-era circus novel that has climbed atop the paperback bestseller lists, have been optioned by Andrew R. Tennenbaum, a producer of The Bourne Ultimatum. . (Variety)
In 2002, a book that claimed that no airliner hit the U.S. Pentagon in the September 11 attacks topped the French bestseller lists. However, the French are not alone in their skepticism. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
The 784-page book has already reached the top of major bestseller lists through pre-orders, which include the requests of hundreds of valley residents. From what I m hearing from people, there s a lot more interest in this one, said Stephanie Harrell, North Logan Library s assistant director. (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Rowling's upcoming book has topped many bestseller lists for months. Amazon predicted Monday the demand would balloon by "many more hundreds of thousands of copies.". (CBC British Columbia)
com and Barnes and Noble bestseller lists only a few hours after a release date of July 21 was announced on Feb. 1. This is a very big event. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Her book, Flic, which was commissioned by an editor who read her work on the internet, is now on the bestseller lists. Less critical than Pichon, who will next week publish an open letter to President Nicolas Sarkozy in the left-wing newspaper Liberation, Desforges - one of the few senior female police officers in France - explained that she hoped simply to make the daily life of the flics known to their compatriots. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
It shot to the No. 1 slot on the bestseller lists worldwide, including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today; Oprah Winfrey devoted two shows to Behrendt and the book's simple, but powerful message. He also made numerous television appearances such as NBC's, Today Show, 20/20 and Larry King Live on CNN.. (The Palm Beach Post)
The first edition of the book was originally published three years ago and has been on bestseller lists. For more information on the book, visit www. (The Examiner)
Millions take dictation from talk radio, keep I-hate-Barbra-Streisand books climbing the bestseller lists, and enjoy the nightly spectacle of Alan Colmes being waterboarded. The ideological contests that once provoked fierce infighting are settled: all that remains is to purge offenders and sell the party line. (The American Conservative)
As it turned out, the predictions were wrong: box-office charts and bestseller lists in the following decades were dominated by the three-hour movie, the two-night theatre experience and the doorstopper novel. But again, 20 years on, long working hours and what we have come to call a "24-7 society" have led to another diagnosis of attention deficit disorder among customers. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
When Truman Capote became an Oscar-worthy movie character and "In Cold Blood" bounced back onto bestseller lists, The New Yorker sportingly published yet another Woody Allen instant classic. Titled "Above the Law, Below the Box Springs," it mimics the absurd solemnity and keen attention to minutiae that color self-important crime reporting in rural settings, lampooning a style well known to its readers. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
It has now topped the bestseller lists for months and even prompted Edwards's publishers, Penguin, to reissue her short story collection. It is a very difficult thing to predict. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
When Truman Capote became an Oscar-worthy movie character and In Cold Blood bounced back onto bestseller lists, The New Yorker sportingly published yet another Woody Allen instant classic. Titled Above the Law, Below the Box Springs, it mimics the absurd solemnity and keen attention to minutiae that color self-important crime reporting in rural settings, lampooning a style well known to New Yorker readers. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Left to her own choice of reading material, Lissy would have purchased a pile of easy, glossy beach books gleaned from the bestseller lists and thumbed her way through the thick, perfumed summer issues of Vanity Fair and Hamptons. Her membership in the Page Turners forced her into an attitude of self-improvement, although she had yet to sparkle or even overcome her shyness at the meetings any more than she ever had in the classroom. (USA Today -- Life)
In 2006, 38 MIRA Books titles placed on bestseller lists (New York Times, USA TODAY and Publishers Weekly). MIRA Books currently publishes over 100 books per year in hardcover, mass-market and trade paperback formats. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
You can see why Richard and Judy chose it for their book club - a move that shot the novel into the bestseller lists. Another key character in Half of a Yellow Sun - the title comes from the emblem of the Biafran flag - is Ugwu, a houseboy from a poor village who gets caught up with the preachy, privileged, highly politicised group of independence-seekers, is conscripted into the Biafran army, and emerges as the conscience of the novel. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Brand-name writers like Coulter, who has a book out in the fall, continue to top bestseller lists. But publishers say they are struggling to find books with broad themes to engage and energize right-wing readers like the anti-Clinton books of the 1990s or Newt Gingrich's 2005 best seller, "Winning the Future.". (Boston Globe)
This year is the centennial of the birth of writer James Michener, whose sprawling, multigenerational novels, like "Hawaii," "The Source," and "Chesapeake," used to plant themselves atop bestseller lists for months at a time. Michener, like his contemporary Leon Uris, was a beaverish, readable hack, although few remember that he won a Pulitzer Prize for his wonderful first book, "Tales of the South Pacific.". (Boston Globe -- Living)
He has already sparked a boom in political book sales with a biography and his own campaign books returning to the top of the bestseller lists. Special report. (Guardian Unlimited)
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