Tuesday, 11 August 2009

ARCHIVE BOOK BIZ NEWS

Random House are holding firm on issue over e-book rights. Negotiations with agents over royalty rates on e-books has reached an impasse. Random House insist that they are working on a viable business model that will be fair to both authors and publisher.

Supermarket Sainsbury are to offer two current bestseller for £5 across its stores.

US author Marilynne Robinson has won this year's Orange Book Prize for her novel - Home. The shortlist was dominated by US writers with six American writers in the running for the coveted prize.

Michael Jackson: The magic and Madness by J. Randy Taraborrelli has sold over 40,000 in two weeks. This surge caused by the singer's death is incredible - last year the book only sold 264 copies total. The book has entered the UK Top 50 at number nine, one place above Stephanie Myer.

The UK W.H.Smith book chart for 11 August 2009 is: (with prices based on current 50% off offer)

Paperback Chart

1.

Too Close to Home

Linwood Barclay

£3.99 RRP £7.99 Saving £4.00 (50%)

Format: Paperback


2.

The Broken Window

Jeffery Deaver

£3.99 RRP £7.99 Saving £4.00 (50%)

Format: Paperback

3.

Heart and Soul

Maeve Binchy

£3.99 RRP £7.99 Saving £4.00 (50%)

Format: Paperback


4.

My Sister's Keeper

Jodi Picoult

£4.39 RRP £7.99 Saving £3.60 (45%)

Format: Paperback


5.

The That's Another Story

Julie Walters

£3.99 RRP £7.99 Saving £4.00 (50%)

Format: Paperback

6.

The Secret Life of Evie Hamilton

Catherine Alliott

£3.49 RRP £6.99 Saving £3.50 (50%)

Format: Paperback


7.

Love Lies

Adele Parks

£3.49 RRP £6.99 Saving £3.50 (50%)

Format: Paperback



8.

Dear Fatty

Dawn French

£4.79 RRP £7.99 Saving £3.20 (40%)

Format: Paperback



9.

The Girl Who Played with Fire

Stieg Larsson, Reg Keeland

£4.39 RRP £7.99 Saving £3.60 (45%)

Format: Paperback



10.

Rumour Has it

Jill Mansell

£3.99 RRP £7.99 Saving £4.00 (50%)

Format: Paperback


Douglas Adams' hilarious Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is to get an official sequel this October when Eoin Cole, author of the Artemis Fowl series, publishes, And another thing.... The book has been written with full cooperation of Douglas Adams' estate.


Karin Slaughter's new book Undone is to be renamed Genesis for it's UK publication.






1 comment:

Laurie Powers said...

You mentioned Marilynn Robinson - several years ago I read her book Housekeeping and thought it was one of the most beautiful books I had ever read. She is a master of style and prose.