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After "exceptional" 2021 results, Pottermore, the global digital publisher for J K Rowlingโs Wizarding World, saw profits drop by 40% last year.
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Prince Harry's Spare storms into the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, selling 467,183 print copies to become the fastest-selling non-fiction book of all time.
@TransworldBooks
says the memoir has sold 750,000 copies across all formats.
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Bookshops (non-essential retail) to close for browsing in England from Thursday; about the worst time with many stocked up for Xmas and some key titles (Obama & Walliams) on the launch pad. But many will remain open for web/telephone/emails orders, so you know what to do.
Prince Harryโs Spare (
@transworldbooks
) has achieved a third straight week in the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, selling 37,145 copies.
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Robert Galbraithโs The Ink Black Heart has made an indelible impression on the UK Official Top 50, soaring into the number one spot in its first week on 50,738 copies sold.
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Scottish stars of
@Outlander_STARZ
,
@SamHeughan
and
@grahammctavish
take us on a tour of Scotland, with Clanlands! The "adventure like no other" sees the duo celebrating their country's culture and enthusiastically sampling whisky, naturally... More here:
Prince Harry's memoir Spare (
@transworldbooks
) surpassed half a million copies sold in the first 12 days after publication, pushing its category - the usually tiny Royalty: Autobiography - to a record annual value in just three weeks.
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โWe always knew this book would fly but it is exceeding even our most bullish expectations."
@TransworldBooks
says Prince Harry's memoir sold 400,000 copies across all formats on its first day of publication.
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What do you get if you combine
@Outlander_STARZ
actors
@grahammctavish
and
@SamHeughan
, a Scottish road trip, colourful locals and lots of whisky sampling? Clanlands, a book celebrating their country, with adventure-filled anecdotes! Find out more here:
There are no plans for a newspaper serialisation of Spare, Prince Harry's memoir, his publisher Transworld has confirmed. The book will be published on 10th January.
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"The Nazis targeted books because they knew how important radical ideas are for challenging racism and fascism. The same is true today, and that is why we have to show that we wonโt be intimidated." -
@Bookmarks_books
' manager responds to bookshop attack:
Prince Harry's Spare (
@TransworldBooks
) reigns at the top of the UK Official Top 50 for a second week, selling 82,538 copies for its first full week on the shelves.
Read this week's chart analysis:
Penguin Random House has reported a "strong" first quarter of 2023, driven by Prince Harry's Spare, according to the latest financial update from parent company Bertelsmann.
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"The result is a love letter to the wild Scottish landscape that means so much to Sam, and a charming, funny, wise, and searching insight to the world through his eyes",
@radarbooks
bags
@Outlander_STARZ
star
@SamHeughan
's autobiography, Waypoints!
"Harry Styles: The Making of a Modern Man will chronicle Harryโs incredible life so far, revealing how a young man from a small English village became the global superstar he is today",
@HarperCollinsUK
signs
@SeanSmithCeleb
's Harry Style biography:
.
@HodderBooks
saddles up, as they embark on a Scottish road trip with
@Outlander_STARZ
actors
@SamHeughan
and
@grahammctavish
, with Clanlands, promising "confessional diary meets historical exploration, with hair-raising adventures" and lots of whisky:
.
@radarbooks
has signed Clanlands in New Zealand -
@SamHeughan
and
@grahammctavish
's "highly anticipated" follow-up to Clanlands - which is scheduled to be published in November.
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"Ash Sarkar is the voice of a generation. In Minority Rule she has coined a phrase and a concept that will enter public consciousness and debate going forward",
@BloomsburyBooks
bags
@AyoCaesar
's debut in a major deal!
Sad news as Childrenโs author and illustratorย Jill Murphy, best known for the Worst Witch novels and Large Family picture books,ย has died agedย 72:
.
@jk_rowling
and the Wizarding World are casting a banishing spell on boredom, as they launch The Harry Potter at Home hub! With three new initiatives to help parents, carers, children and teachers at home through the coronavirus crisis. Discover more:
"Waypoints is a deeply personal journey that reveals as much to Sam about himself as it does to his readers.โ
In March,
@radarbooks
announced it would be publishing actor
@SamHeughan
's memoir Waypoints:
#BooksellerMostRead22
"Fast becoming known for being voice of reason in a sea of chaos online, Ayishatโs deeply intelligent first book offers a path towards understanding and self-awareness",
@wnbooks
bags
@Ayishat_Akanbi
's The Awokening! Discover more:
.
@HodderBooks
has acquired The Clanlands Almanac: Seasonal Stories from Scotland, a second title from
@SamHeughan
and
@grahammctavish
, stars of the historical drama series "Outlander" and authors of 2020 title Clanlands!
.
@jk_rowling
returns with another children's title for Christmas, with The Christmas Pig, billed as a โa heartwarming, page-turning adventure" about one childโs love for his most treasured toy, and how far he will go to find it. More here:
โIf you removed illustration from all of this work what would you have?โ, over 500 authors and illustrators have signed an open letter by
@DapsDraws
, asking the BBC and wider media to credit illustrators after being omitted countless times. More here:
Square Peg has won a five-way auction for Rory Cellan-Jones' "heart-warming" and "moving" story of adopting a rescue dog from Romania in Sophie from Romania ๐
Prince Harry's Spare has become the fastest-selling non-fiction book of all time after selling 467,183 print copies in its first week.
Read more about this week's UK Official Top 50 chart:
"Even though these bad things can happen, things are going to be okay in the end"
The
#BritishBookAwards
Illustrator of the Year
@AliceOseman
reflects on why Heartstopper has caught the hearts of so many fans.
Watch more from the
#Nibbies
Studio
.
@scholasticuk
scores a new novel from
@IanWright0
, with Striking Out, a novel for children based on Wright's life, written in partnership with
@Okwonga
! Sounds like a winning team! More here:
According to
@NielsenBook
, print has sold 43.5 million books for ยฃ379.1m in the first quarter of 2023, while Prince Harryโs Spare takes the crown for the bestselling book of the year so far.
Read our analysis:
Publishing recruits must be warned they may have to work on books by people they don't agree with as the industry faces โa watershed momentโ on free expression,
@HachetteUK
CEO David Shelley and literary agent Clare Alexander told a Lords committee: (ยฃ)
Staff at Hachette UK working on J K Rowling's new book The Ickabog have threatened to down tools over the author's recent comments affecting the transgender community, as the publisher continues to support the author. More here:
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex has written a children's book for
@PenguinUKBooks
' Random House called The Bench, about the โspecial bond between father and son as seen through a motherโs eyesโ! More here:
Harry Style stans get excited, as
@HarperCollinsUK
has signed
@SeanSmithCeleb
's biography Harry Styles: The Making of a Modern Man, billed as "a wonderful celebratory account of one of the most iconic musicians of our time"! More here:
Books and a wine bar, find a more iconic duo, we'll wait...
@BookBarUK
, a new bookshop and wine bar, has opened its doors in Islington, promising to make "books inviting and accessible" set to offer wine tastings, supper clubs and book clubs once allowed!
.
@HachetteKids
has partnered with Prince Williamโs
@EarthshotPrize
on non-fiction title The Earthshot Prize: A Handbook for Dreamers and Thinkers โ Solutions to Repair Our Planet, written by Colin Butfield and
@jonniehughes
.
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.
@HachetteUK
has revealed plans to open new offices in Edinburgh, Newcastle, Manchester, Sheffield and Bristol over the next 12 months, following a year-long consultation with staff who have volunteered to relocate. Discover more here: (ยฃ)
.
@PuffinBooks
has teamed up with the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) to create Puzzle for Spies, a new puzzle book for children including a foreword by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
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In this week's Non-fiction book chart, Prince Harry's Spare (
@transworldbooks
) remains ahead of Nathan Anthonyโs slow cooker cookbook, Bored of Lunch.
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"Her writing has a thrilling, society-skewering feel that is hugely relatable, thought-provoking and accessible."
@TrapezeBooks
has acquired short story collection Edge of Here and an untitled novel from Kelechi Okafor.
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"Growing up, things that made me unique were not always celebrated, I wanted to do something that would inspire kids to celebrate the things that make them special"โ
@harpercollins
scoops Peanut Goes for the Gold, dรฉbut picture book from
@jvn
๐ More here:
The Duchess of Cambridge has picked five of her favourite books for small children to share with followers of the Duchess of Cornwallโs Reading Room book club, including Charlotte's Web and Stig of the Dump! More here:
Amazing news from
@AliceOseman
, as her "joyous boy-meets-boy love story", Heartstopper, has been nabbed by
@netflix
for eight 30-minute episodes! Discover more here:
Joanne Harris is facing a vote by Society of Authors members on whether she should stand down as chair alongside demands for a review of how the organisation protects free speech.
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.
@Waterstones
says it is โvery pleasedโ with initial pre-order numbers for Prince Harryโs memoir 'Spare' (
@TransworldBooks
), and has slashed the price to ยฃ14 anticipating โhigh interestโ.
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Condragulations to
@biminibabes
, as the series two
@dragraceukbbc
alum has signed a book deal with
@VikingBooks
for A Drag Queen's Guide To Life, promising to be an "anti-self help book", with stories of other non-conformists, illustrated by
@julesscheele
!
"It is the book I wish I had been given to read when I was at school",
@MacmillanKidsUK
is releasing two new versions of
@DavidOlusoga
's Black and Britishโwith two illustrated versions to come, one for 12+ and one for KS2! Find out more here:
The Duchess of Cambridge picks five childrenโs books for the Duchess of Cornwall's Reading Room book club, her recommendations include Charlotteโs Web by E B White, which she calls an โall-time classic and loved in our house for obvious reasonsโ:
The 2020
@TheBookerPrizes
longlist has been revealed, with two-time winner
@hilarymantel
and Anne Tyler up against seven debut writers, including
@kileyreid
and Avni Doshi, who are in the running for the ยฃ50k award! More here:
.
@danielhowell
may be on fire no longer, but he's shining a light on mental health with You Will Get Through The Night, a "a practical guide to understanding and taking control of your mental health" which will publish with
@HQstories
! More here:
.
@Octopus_Books
' Monoray has secured a deal for In the Shadow of the Mountain, the โheart-breaking and empoweringโ memoir from climber
@silviavasla
, which will soon adapted into a film starring
@selenagomez
:
Growing and glowingโ
@KidsBloomsbury
have acquired a title from the founders of
@bg_bookclub
following a six-way auction, Grown: The Black Girlsโ Guide to Growing Up will publish in 2021:
Troubled Blood, the new book from Robert Galbraith, has shifted more copies in a day than Lethal White sold in its first week, according to publisher
@LittleBrownUK
. See more here: (ยฃ)
"We stand united in calling for peace... There can be no free and safe Europe without a free and independent Ukraine. Peace must prevail",
@MargaretAtwood
and
@Elif_Safak
sign a
@pen_int
letter condemning the war on Ukraine:
We're calling on readers, authors, agents and publishers to sign this petition, urging the government to give bookshops the same business rate discount as pubs:
.
@FaberBooks
has pre-empted "a love letter to queer Black sexuality" from
@jasebyjason
, with Revolutionary Acts, his account of Black gay Britain which aims to lift "Black British gay history out of obscurity"! Find out more:
Prince Harryโs Spare scores a near-clean sweep across the Nielsen BookScan regions โ with the one exception of Northern Ireland, where Bored of Lunch takes the top spot.
Read this week's regional charts analysis here:
"To encounter Warsanโs work is an unforgettable experience; she writes with sharpness and tenderness and intimacy",
@warsan_shire
's debut poetry collection, Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head to publish with
@ChattoBooks
and
@flippedeye
:
Now for the winner of Illustrator of the Year (sponsored by
@SweetCherryPub
) - it's Heartstopper author-illustrator
@aliceoseman
, who has been tireless in supporting booksellers and has had a truly global breakout year! Congratulations, Alice!
#BritishBookAwards
#Nibbies
"My books are, and always will be, for every child, even if I have to deliver them myself. We will reach them",
@MarcusRashford
makes even more moves, as he joins the
@MacmillanKidsUK
list with titles to come for ages 5-19, also launching a book club!
"Oloni is on a mission to liberate attitudes towards sex and allow everyone to own their desires, decisions, and narratives around their sexual identity",
@Oloni
's sex and dating debut, The Big O, has been won by
@HarperCollinsUK
in a seven-way auction!