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Lost Symbol Sets Record in First Day

Da Vinci Code follow-up sells 1M copies in 24 hours

Sep 16, 09 2:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - To the surprise of exactly no one, Dan Brown’s Da Vinci Code follow-up, The Lost Symbol, is a smash hit, selling, between its hardcover and e-book editions, 1 million copies in its first day on the shelves, the New York Times reports. Amazon and Barnes &... More »

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Da Vinci Code • Amazon • book sale • Doubleday • Barnes & Noble • Dan Brown • publishing industry • The Lost Symbol

Polling Guru Nabs $700K Book Deal

Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight fame will write two tomes

Nov 15, 08 11:58 AM CST
(Newser) - Polling expert Nate Silver, the statistical mastermind behind FiveThirtyEight.com, has a new number to crunch: $700,000. That’s roughly how much Silver will net in his new two-book deal with Penguin, the New York Observer reports. Silver will pen one tome on the art of prediction, and... More »

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statistics • book • predictions • Penguin Group • poll numbers • book sale • Nate Silver

Retail Politics Entangle Book on Obama

Barnes & Noble cuts order over publisher's deal with Amazon

Aug 19, 08 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barnes and Noble says its stores will not stock Obama’s Challenge, a new book outlining a progressive economic agenda for the Democratic candidate, because the publisher cut an exclusive deal with Amazon.com, the Wall Street Journal reports. Amazon’s print-on-demand service will offer the title beginning Monday, while... More »

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Barack Obama • Democratic National Convention • book • DNC • Amazon.com • Amazon • book sale • Barnes & Noble • Robert Kuttner

After 10 Years, Harry Potter Off NYT Best-Seller List

Rowling mainstay, which forced changes in the survey, finally vanishes

May 1, 08 6:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - As the next edition of the New York Times Book Review goes to press, an era ends—books from author JK Rowling's Harry Potter series, for the first time in 10 years, are nowhere on the best-seller list. More »

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Harry Potter • JK Rowling • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows • book reviews • children's books • New York Times Book Review • book sale

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