Supreme Court Justices end term with a growl Jun 29, 2008
Thomas memoir, My Grandfather s Son, was on bestseller lists last year, while Scalia co-wrote a book on lawyering. Scalia even got to repeat, to viewers of CBS 60 Minutes, his favorite piece of advice to Democrats still upset over the court s decision in Bush v. Gore in 2000. (Montana Standard, MT)
On This Rock Jun 24, 2008
Christian books regularly top bestseller lists when they are counted; Christian rock increasingly winds up on pop charts; polls consistently show that various forms of creationism are believed by a majority of the public. The question then arises: Who is really out of touch. (The American Conservative)
* Generation Z hits the shelves in bookstores Jun 17, 2008
Tang Chaos () paperback, Give Me Back the Dream (), a dark tale of unrequited teenage love, conflict with parents and adolescent suicide, reached the top of the bestseller lists last week, a success confirming the coming of age of what has been dubbed the countrys Generation Z.. I just tell the story of people I know, Tang said in a telephone interview from his home in the central Chinese city of Chengdu. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Unaccumstomed Earth Jun 16, 2008
THE upper reaches of The New York Times bestseller lists are usually reserved for the sorts of authors whose books get advertised on the backs of buses. But in April, the James Pattersons and Jodi Picoults were elbowed aside by the first-week-out, No. 1 debut of Unaccustomed Earth, Jhumpa Lahiri's second collection of short stories. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Paul ends his presidential campaign Jun 13, 2008
His new book, "The Revolution: A Manifesto," zoomed to the top of bestseller lists. Paul confirmed plans yesterday to hold a counter-rally at an arena in neighboring Minneapolis on Sept. 2, the second day of the Republican National Convention. (Boston Globe)
Ron Paul ends campaign, praises Barr Jun 13, 2008
His new book, "The Revolution: A Manifesto," zoomed to the top of bestseller lists. Supporters, staging uprisings at state and county GOP conventions across the country, have pushed for a speaking role for Paul at the Republican National Convention in September in St. Paul. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Stories Project is horribly flawed Jun 13, 2008
When books written by UI graduates appear on bestseller lists, it becomes evident why the writing program is so special: University writers go out into the world with the skills and knowledge required to become great. Page 1 of 2. (Daily Iowan, IA)
Murder, war tales, horse saga: Former resident writes 2nd entry in WWII trilogy Jun 9, 2008
Former Missoula resident Jeff Shaara is en route back to the bestseller lists with "The Steel Wave," the second volume of his World War II trilogy - this a dramatization of D-Day and the battle for Normandy. Now living in Sarasota, Fla. (Missoulian, MT)
McClellan Says Book's Tone Evolved Jun 9, 2008
The book, "What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception," is a scathing critique of the Bush presidency that vaulted this week to the top of the bestseller lists. It has also prompted many of McClellan's oldest friends and colleagues to brand him, among other things, a turncoat and a fraud. (Yahoo News -- Bush Administration)
Roger Cohen: The good American and Monsieur Obama Jun 8, 2008
His book, "The Audacity of Hope," is on bestseller lists. His face is everywhere, sometimes in socialist realist images evoking Che Guevara. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
He's putting up numbers for the Celtics Jun 7, 2008
Author Michael Lewis put sabremetrics, as the statistical analysis of baseball is called, on the map and on bestseller lists with his entertaining portrait of numbers-driven Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane, in "Moneyball.". What about basketball. (Boston Globe)
Ten video games for 2008 May 31, 2008
EA Sports' football franchise may be the only game in town, but there's a reason that it hits bestseller lists every year. 2008 marks the 20th anniversary of the game, which features quarterback Brett Favre on the cover. (CNN -- Tech)
With pointed wit, Chelsea jabs at celebs May 27, 2008
called "Chelsea Lately" and, right now, riding bestseller lists with a new book of racy personal essays, "Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea." She is the raunchy 2008 antidote to nicey-nice celebrity infotainment, a fierce cultural observer who doesn't bother to pretend, like Mary Hart, that tabloid characters are real. Like Sandra Bernhard 20 years ago, Chelsea Handler is the diuretic to Hollywood's chronic case of bloat. (Boston Globe)
Jeffery Archer pens new bestseller: A Prisoner of Birth May 25, 2008
BACK WITH A BANG: Jeffrey Archer stormed back onto bestseller lists in India and worldwide, with his latest book, A Prisoner of Birth ... New Delhi: Jeffrey Archer stormed back onto bestseller lists in India and worldwide, with his latest book, A Prisoner of Birth. (CNN-IBN)
Cannes 2008: Alchemist Announcend : Laurence Fishburne to star in Paulo Coelho a... May 18, 2008
Over the last twenty years The Alchemist has sold more than 30 million copies and hit bestseller lists in 18 countries. Despite releasing in 1988, the book has spent 34 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and currently rests at number six - evidence, Weinstein says, of its renewed popularity. (IGN FilmForce)
Unlikely bestseller who changed the future of the American novel May 18, 2008
London-born Jhumpa Lahiri's new collection of short stories went straight to number 1 in the American bestseller lists. Now her tales of immigrant life are being hailed as a new direction in US literature. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Parents wring hands over controversial book (4) May 17, 2008
Wednesday, March 22, 2006 Edition. " asked parent Barry Schoenbrun at a Parent Teacher Student Association meeting at the school last week. The hour-long exchange in the school library was described by participants as calm, respectful and deliberate.School principal Mark Kelly said he would take the messages he heard to a meeting with the school's English teachers this week. A decision on whether to continue with the planned assignment will come after that, Kelly said."I would like to point out... (Malibu Times, CA)
Ron Paul's forces quietly plot GOP convention revolt against McCain... May 13, 2008
Ron Paul's forces quietly plot GOP convention revolt against McCain : Top of the Ticket : Los Angeles Times. Virtually all the nation's political attention in recent weeks has focused on the compelling state-by-state presidential nomination struggle between two Democrats and the potential for party-splitting strife over there. (The Drudge Report)
Best of both worlds May 8, 2008
Books denouncing religion as superstition have enjoyed lofty positions on bestseller lists recently. The authors, the so-called "new" atheists, would like us to believe that science and religion are mutually exclusive. (Ottawa Citizen)
Shook’s prayer breakfast message: ‘Live for Today’ May 8, 2008
One Month To Live hit New York Times bestseller lists almost immediately after its February release by Random House in February. At the end of the prayer breakfast, Shook sold and signed copies of One Month to Live. (Woodlands Villager, TX)
Silhouette Launches Nocturne Bites May 2, 2008
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. Silhouette Nocturne began publishing in October 2006 and releases two titles monthly. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Patrick's book pitch didn't tell the whole story Apr 5, 2008
"I believe that I can partner with my publisher to develop widely followed book signing events that will generate the sorts of crowds at readings or lines at book signings that translate into a book's ascent to the top of bestseller lists.". Obama's campaign said the October rally drew 9,500 people to the Common. (Boston Globe)
Scientist: Time Travel Not Only Possible But Likely Apr 3, 2008
"The Physics of the Impossible," released March 11 in the U.S., is currently No. 123 on the Amazon bestseller lists. It comes out Thursday in Britain, though without the "Doctor Who"-themed cover of the U.S. version. (Fox News)
Colorado honors Gov. Carrs courage Mar 24, 2008
It was released this month and has been on local bestseller lists. (All the details of Carr's life in this article come from the book. (Durango Herald)
Mis Lit: The Facts and Fictions Mar 18, 2008
Misery memoirs have found a place on bestseller lists. However, doubts of authenticity and elements of prurience cast a shadow over the boom of this new genre. (Suite101.com)
Aspiring authors turn to Internet to find help and publishers Mar 17, 2008
The websites operate far afield from the big East Coast publishing houses that dominate The bestseller lists. But they are still in their infancy, and they see themselves setting the stage for publishing's next phase: Books, they say, will move slowly but surely away from paper and find their way to readers' computers, e-books, and iPods, diminishing the influence of the big publishing houses just as the online distribution of music altered the role of the major music labels. (Boston Globe)
How to write ... Mar 6, 2008
The bestseller lists beckoned ... The book sold well over a million copies, staying in the US bestseller lists for months on end, and publishers took note. (Guardian Unlimited)
Favre From Heaven Mar 5, 2008
As Favre's tome shot to the top of the bestseller lists, Terrell Owens' autobiography, Catch This. failed to find an audience. (Slate)
Oprah's First-Ever Live Interactive Webcast Class Enrollment for the #1 Bestselling 'A New Earth' Surpasses Half a Million in Four Weeks Feb 29, 2008
It currently also tops the USA Today, Publishers Weekly and Book Sense bestseller lists, among others. Plume, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA), initially shipped 776,000 copies and -- after only four weeks on sale -- has more than 4. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
RRSP mortgages Feb 21, 2008
Gordon Pape's new book is climbing the bestseller lists. Sleep-Easy Investing: Your Stress-Free Guide to Financial Success is showing thousands of Canadians how they can take the worry out of money management. (Sympatico MSN Finance)
The Daring Book for Girls Feb 19, 2008
After The Dangerous Book for Boys by Conn and Hal Iggulden soared up the bestseller lists in 2006, it was inevitable that HarperCollins would release an equivalent book for girls that is also popular with adults. Published in 2007, The Daring Book for Girls by Andrea J. Buchanan and Miriam Peskowitz is reminiscent of the Girls Own Annuals and Rainy Day Books that were popular in the 1940s and 50s. (Suite101.com)
Grave concerns Feb 16, 2008
Her stories of Adamsberg negotiating his rural Pyrenees roots with his job in a Parisian murder squad - in the latest novel, he places a pebble from a village stream on the desks of his wearily perplexed staff after a trip home - have not only topped the French bestseller lists, but stormed the English-speaking world. Her 1999 novel L'Homme ; l'envers, published in English as Seeking Whom He May Devour in 2004, was shortlisted for the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger. (Guardian Unlimited)
Books lost and found Feb 8, 2008
" Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, by Winifred Watson, is the tale of a governess's friendship with a glitzy nightclub singer in 1930s London. (A screen adaptation with Frances McDormand in the title role is due for release in the US next month.)Though Beauman admits that running Persephone will never make her a multimillionaire, the company is thriving. It has 10,000 fans on its mailing list (until now, its books were only sold through mail order and the shop) and this April sees the release of... (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
'The Appeal' by John Grisham Jan 29, 2008
Grisham remains the only author to have written a novel that topped the bestseller lists for seven consecutive years ... "The Appeal" is his 20th novel, and it's as angry, dark and urgent a piece of social realism as you're likely to find on the bestseller lists any time soon. (Los Angeles Times)
Revolution By The Book Jan 19, 2008
One of them has even made it to bestseller lists across the globe. Amid the hype over these books, a silent revolution has virtually gone unnoticed - the publication of a new set of text-books by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) under the 2005 National Curriculum Framework. (India Times, India)
Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Good Writing Jan 15, 2008
It's hard to argue with this master of the craft who started publishing in the mid-1950s and whose books soar to the top of bestseller lists. A few of his rules won't stir up trouble: Avoid the word "suddenly," use regional dialect sparingly, write in scenes from the point of view of the character whose view can best bring the scene to life. (Christian Science Monitor -- USA)
The best of 2007, readers' edition Jan 14, 2008
But a great one that didn't hit the bestseller lists that I keep thinking back to - mark of a good read, right. - is Arnold Steinhardt's "Violin Dreams," published by Houghton Mifflin. (Missoulian, MT)
A look into Pakistan's political future Jan 4, 2008
His latest book, Pakistan's Drift into Extremism: Allah, the Army and America's War on Terror (M E Sharpe) has been on bestseller lists in India and Pakistan and widely reviewed internationally. His forthcoming book is titled: Sovereignty Belongs to Allah: Constitutionalism and Human Rights in the Islamic States. (Asia Times Online)
Old lions, overseas talents eye '08 bestseller lists Dec 31, 2007
Old lions, overseas talents eye bestseller lists. Print| Text size + By David Mehegan Globe Staff / December 31, 2007. (Boston Globe)
Bestsellers and agents of change Dec 29, 2007
It was the year Australian writer Rhonda Byrne's The Secret, a largely unheralded self-help book, came to dominate the North American non-fiction bestseller lists; when veteran Canadian author Elizabeth Hay got to take home the $40,000 Scotiabank Giller Prize for her novel Late Nights on Air; and when another seasoned vet, 65-year-old Don McKay, won the $50,000 Griffin Canadian Poetry Prize. In any other 12-month span, such successes would have had pride of place in the year-end survey of... (Globe and Mail)
Publishers will hit the campaign trail Dec 24, 2007
As 2007 ends, bestseller lists are topped by TV comedian Stephen Colbert's "I Am America (and So Can You!)." And as McClellan's experience shows, titles don't even have to be on the shelves to generate publicity. The book biz is buzzing over news that Sen. (Los Angeles Times)
Bruckheimer, MTV pact for games Dec 19, 2007
Though limited supplies have kept "Rock Band" off the bestseller lists so far, Yapp said the title has essentially sold out at retail outlets, and MTV believes it's well positioned to sell strongly throughout next year. A version for PlayStation 2 was just released this week. (Variety)
Best of 2007 in books Dec 19, 2007
Best 976-page novel you ll ever read: The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett Follett s masterpiece, the 12th-century thriller, has been propelled back onto the bestseller lists through Oprah s wise intervention. Intrigue and politics surround the building of a cathedral in the fictional English town of Kingsbridge, and the balance of power between religion and monarchy is precarious and fascinating. (Newton Tab, MA)
An open discussion of an illness kept behind closed doors Dec 18, 2007
It's a book about maternal depression whose virtues have been communicated not by bestseller lists, but by conversations between women friends, after one confides that she's had an unshakable sense of malaise since the baby was born. When the book was published in hardcover last year, author Tracy Thompson didn't head out on any massive book tours. (Boston Globe)
Wex's success is nothing to kvetch about Dec 18, 2007
Born to Kvetch, which made bestseller lists in Canada and the U.S., sold about 90,000 copies. Just Say Nu was released this fall. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
An unusual flurry of rock books this winter offers fans a behind-the-music intimacy Dec 16, 2007
Joining him on bestseller lists is "Slash," "Ronnie" and Sixx's "The Heroin Diaries.". Why would rockers ---- those near-mythical gods of sex, drugs and general excess ---- turn to that most stodgy of storytelling modes, the written word. (North County Times)
10 terrific tales Dec 16, 2007
Looking at the kind of fiction that consistently hits the heights of the bestseller lists, we could say that the year began with Ian McEwan's widely acclaimed On Chesil Beach, peaked with the final Harry Potter and drew to a close with Robert Harris's cheeky roman a clef, The Ghost, and Alan Bennett's quirky recasting of the royals, The Uncommon Reader. But along the way we were also given Anne Enright's Booker-winning The Gathering - a case of a much-admired writer finally reaping her reward -... (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
'He saw 6-foot-8 in my eyes' Dec 11, 2007
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)
