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The New York Times Best Books of the 21st Century is Moving Units
I haveactually gotten e-mails from booksellers and curators (and routine book purchasers and debtors too) that The New York Times Best Books of the 21st Century list is bringing individuals into shops and libraries in a considerable method. And I haveactually seen rather a coupleof social posts like this one that make me believe this isn’t simply a BR-audience result.
Well, now I have some information for you to back these reports up. According to Circana, the leading 10 books on the list saw an average sales increase of 113% last week. Austerlitz by W.G. Sebald saw a sales increase of more than 600%, mostlikely as it was one of the most under-known books at the leading of the list. Pretty remarkable.
Kamala Harris Book Sales Soaring
A 60,000% boost in book sales means (at least) 2 things are real: huge rise in interest and a low beginning point. If Harris were selling 1000 copies a week, state, before Biden dropped out and she endedupbeing the presumptive candidate, a 600x boost (60,000%) would imply 600,000 system sales per week after. I am going to go out on a limb and guess that is not the rate she is selling at—probably something more like 100-200 copies a week before the rise. (Remember, most books wear’t sell that numerous copies, particularly ones that haveactually been out for a while).
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The God of the Woods is the Book of the Summer
Yesterday, Erica composed about the cluster of prominent book clubs have selected Liz Moore’s The God of the Woods as one of their summerseason choices, and after reading it last week, I can see why. It is zippy, weird, wise, with a genuine sense