Below are the nonfiction titles included in various roundups from the show (full list of them, with links, on our previous post; The Big Books of BEA; Fiction
The following titles are on most library catalogs:
- Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan, The National Parks, (Knopf, 9/8); companion to the fall PBS series
- Jon Krakauer, Where Men Win Glory, (Doubleday, 9/15); about Pat Tillman, the football star killed in Afghanistan. If you’re doing a double take, it’s because this book was announced last year, with the title, The Hero. Reports said that Krakauer put off the publication date because he was not happy with it.
The following are not showing on most of the catalogs we checked. Titles are in order by pub. date:
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| Retail Price: |
$24.00 |
| Hardcover: |
342 pages |
| Publisher: |
McSweeney’s – (2009-07-15) |
| ISBN / EAN: |
1934781630 / 9781934781630 |
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A true story about the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. This is one of two books the L.A. Times mentioned in their story, BookExpo America reveals an industry in transition. The other is Michael Lewis’s Big Short (below).
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| The Pattern in the Carpet: A Personal History with Jigsaws |
| Margaret Drabble |
| Retail Price: |
$25.00 |
| Hardcover: |
368 pages |
| Publisher: |
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt – (2009-09-16) |
| ISBN / EAN: |
0547241445 / 9780547241449 |
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| Dawn Light: Dancing with Cranes and Other Ways to Start the Day |
| Diane Ackerman |
| Retail Price: |
$23.95 |
| Hardcover: |
208 pages |
| Publisher: |
W.W. Norton & Co. – (2009-09-28) |
| ISBN / EAN: |
0393061736 / 9780393061734 |
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Mitch Albom, Have a Little Faith: The True Story of a Last Request
- Hardcover: $23.99; 208 pages
- Publisher: Hyperion (September 29, 2009)
- ISBN-10: 0786868724
- ISBN-13: 978-0786868728
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| Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel |
| Jeannette Walls |
| Retail Price: |
$26.00 |
| Hardcover: |
288 pages |
| Publisher: |
Scribner – (2009-10-06) |
| ISBN / EAN: |
1416586288 / 9781416586289 |
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| The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America |
| Timothy Egan |
| Retail Price: |
$26.00 |
| Hardcover: |
352 pages |
| Publisher: |
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt – (2009-10-19) |
| ISBN / EAN: |
0618968415 / 9780618968411 |
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Malcolm Gladwell, What the Dog Saw
- Hardcover: $27.99
- Publisher: Little, Brown and Company (October 20, 2009)
- ISBN-10: 0316078573
- ISBN-13: 978-0316078573
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| True Compass: A Memoir |
| Edward M. Kennedy |
| Retail Price: |
$35.00 |
| Hardcover: |
576 pages |
| Publisher: |
Twelve – (2009-10-27) |
| ISBN / EAN: |
0446539252 / 9780446539258 |
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| The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine |
| Michael Lewis |
| Retail Price: |
$27.95 |
| Hardcover: |
320 pages |
| Publisher: |
W.W. Norton & Co. – (2009-11-02) |
| ISBN / EAN: |
0393072231 / 9780393072235 |
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Mary Karr, Lit
- Hardcover: $26.99; 400 pages
- Publisher: Harper (November 3, 2009)
- ISBN-10: 0060596988
- ISBN-13: 978-0060596989
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It’s the cover to sigh for:
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| How to Be a Movie Star: Elizabeth Taylor in Hollywood |
| William J. Mann |
| Retail Price: |
$26.00 |
| Hardcover: |
496 pages |
| Publisher: |
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt – (2009-10-21) |
| ISBN / EAN: |
0547134649 / 9780547134642 |
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June 2nd, 2009 at 2:03 pm
I think a possible reason (certainly our reason) that some of these titles are not yet showing up in library catalogs is that for many libraries, the FY ends in the upcoming weeks, and items that are pub’d past a certain date are not ordered until the beginning of the next FY.
June 3rd, 2009 at 2:39 pm
For our library, nonfiction titles aren’t ordered until the review appears in LJ, PW, or BL, unless a patron requests the book, which means many of these titles won’t be ordered until late summer or early fall. Fiction is ordered waaaayyy ahead of time as patrons hear about them from author and publisher sites and usually demand they be added to the OPACs ASAP.
June 10th, 2009 at 4:38 pm
I can’t use either of those reasons. Our fiscal year ends with the calendar year and we have figured out a way to roll over titles we have not received that does not make our financial people crazy. Also, if we know a book is going to be popular with our patrons, we are going to be purchasing regardless of the review. The good news? I now am ordering these titles and will be able to track demand! So, thanks.