Algonquin’s effort to expand the readership for Mudbound, recently available in trade paperback, appears to be working (indeed, the publisher says they are nearly out of the 30,000 initial print run); it hits the NYT paperback list at #32. It’s been on the Indie list for 3 weeks, reaching a high of #16 on the most this week. In hardcover, the book was on the Indie list for ten weeks, reaching a high of #20, but didn’t cross over to the NYT list.
Bookseller Boswell Books (Milwaukee, WI — a new bookstore, taking over one of the old Harry W. Schwartz stores; the new owner is Schwartz’s former general manager) presents an interesting rundown on how Algonquin is marketing the paperback, and also offers insight into how much more contact booksellers have with publishers than librarians do.
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| Price: |
$13.95 |
| Paperback: |
340 pages |
| Publisher: |
Algonquin Books – (2009-03-17) |
| ISBN-10: |
1565126777 |
| ISBN-13: |
9781565126770 |
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New to the NYT Fiction Hardcover Best Seller List
#1 True Detectives, Jonathan Kellerman
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| True Detectives |
| Jonathan Kellerman |
| Price: |
$27.00 |
| Hardcover: |
384 pages |
| Publisher: |
Ballantine Books – (2009-03-24) |
| ISBN-10: |
0345495144 |
| ISBN-13: |
9780345495143 |
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Kellerman makes small departure, moving the Delaware/Sturgis investigative team to the sidelines, and focusing on a new team, stepbrothers who made a brief appearance in last year’s Bones. Prepub reaction varied widely. PW dismissed it as “routine,” while Booklist found it refreshing to see “Kellerman step outside of the all-too-familiar he relies on in the Delaware novels and introduce a couple of characters that have the potential to take his work in fresh directions.” LJ object to the writing “…usually neat and not overly burdened by extraneous detail, [it] fails to move the story along, as is the case with the unsympathetic characters. The conclusion is too easily wrapped up as well. Public libraries should see demand for this best-selling author, but readers who are not already fans probably won’t take notice.”
#3 Outcast, by Aaron Allston
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| Outcast (Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi, Book 1) |
| Aaron Allston |
| Price: |
$27.00 |
| Hardcover: |
336 pages |
| Publisher: |
Del Rey – (2009-03-24) |
| ISBN-10: |
0345509064 |
| ISBN-13: |
9780345509062 |
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#8 ( tied w #7) Pursuit, by Karen Robards
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| Price: |
$24.95 |
| Hardcover: |
384 pages |
| Publisher: |
Putnam Adult – (2009-03-24) |
| ISBN-10: |
0399155422 |
| ISBN-13: |
9780399155420 |
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Robards reaches a new level on the NYT list; her high was #14 for Guilty last year. It stayed on the main list for one week and was on the extended list for three more.
#10 Execution Dock, Anne Perry — next in the bestselling William Monk series
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| Execution Dock (William Monk Novels) |
| Anne Perry |
| Price: |
$26.00 |
| Hardcover: |
320 pages |
| Publisher: |
Ballantine Books – (2009-03-24) |
| ISBN-10: |
034546933X |
| ISBN-13: |
9780345469335 |
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#12 The Long Fall, Walter Mosley — a new detective, Leonid McGills
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| The Long Fall |
| Walter Mosley |
| Price: |
$25.95 |
| Hardcover: |
320 pages |
| Publisher: |
Riverhead Hardcover – (2009-03-24) |
| ISBN-10: |
1594488584 |
| ISBN-13: |
9781594488580 |
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New to the NYT Extended Fiction Hardcover Best Seller List
#21 One Second After, William R. Forstchen
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| One Second After |
| William R. Forstchen |
| Price: |
$24.95 |
| Hardcover: |
352 pages |
| Publisher: |
Forge Books – (2009-03-17) |
| ISBN-10: |
0765317583 |
| ISBN-13: |
9780765317582 |
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#22 Genghis: Bones of the Hills, Conn Iggulden
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| Genghis: Bones of the Hills |
| Conn Iggulden |
| Price: |
$25.00 |
| Hardcover: |
416 pages |
| Publisher: |
Delacorte Press – (2009-03-24) |
| ISBN-10: |
0385339534 |
| ISBN-13: |
9780385339537 |
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#26 Still Life, Joy Fielding (Atria)
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| Price: |
$25.00 |
| Hardcover: |
384 pages |
| Publisher: |
Atria – (2009-03-24) |
| ISBN-10: |
1416585273 |
| ISBN-13: |
9781416585275 |
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#32 Life is Short But Wide, J. California Cooper (Doubleday)
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| Life is Short But Wide |
| J. California Cooper |
| Price: |
$24.95 |
| Hardcover: |
336 pages |
| Publisher: |
Doubleday – (2009-03-24) |
| ISBN-10: |
0385511345 |
| ISBN-13: |
9780385511346 |
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An Essence Book Club pick.
#34 The Expediter, David Hagberg (Forge)
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| The Expediter (McGarvey) |
| David Hagberg |
| Price: |
$24.95 |
| Hardcover: |
352 pages |
| Publisher: |
Forge Books – (2009-03-17) |
| ISBN-10: |
0765311119 |
| ISBN-13: |
9780765311115 |
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