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Lagardere Publishing, the corporate parent of Hachette, reported that eBooks composed 20 percent of US adult sales in the final quarter of 2011.
Worldwide, sales were down 5.9 percent for the publishing arm of the media conglomerate, publisher of Stephanie Meyer and Nicolas Sparks.
Here’s more from the release: “United States activity grew strongly (+12.8%) on the back of new bestsellers (The Best of Me by Nicolas Sparks, Seriously… I’m Kidding by Ellen DeGeneres), despite problems with distribution networks (bankruptcy of Borders) that lingered on into the fourth quarter. The e-books growth continued in the fourth quarter, mainly in English-speaking countries: in the United States and United Kingdom e-books accounted for 20% and 10%, respectively, of Adult Trade at the end of December 2011.” (Via Jose Afonso Furtado)
Lagardere Publishing, the corporate parent of Hachette, reported that eBooks composed 20 percent of US adult sales in the final quarter of 2011.
Worldwide, sales were down 5.9 percent for the publishing arm of the media conglomerate, publisher of Stephanie Meyer and Nicolas Sparks.
Here’s more from the release: “United States activity grew strongly (+12.8%) on the back of new bestsellers (The Best of Me by Nicolas Sparks, Seriously… I’m Kidding by Ellen DeGeneres), despite problems with distribution networks (bankruptcy of Borders) that lingered on into the fourth quarter. The e-books growth continued in the fourth quarter, mainly in English-speaking countries: in the United States and United Kingdom e-books accounted for 20% and 10%, respectively, of Adult Trade at the end of December 2011.” (Via Jose Afonso Furtado)
What if Stephanie Meyer had published her Twilight in the mid-1980s? We would have all grown up playing the 8-Bit Nintendo video game version of the movie!
In the satirical YouTube video embedded above, you can see a clip from a Twilight: Eclipse video game from this alternate universe. What do you think?
Here’s more from the YouTube page: “Will Bella end up with Edward or Jacob? Find out in Twilight: Eclipse in this 8-Bit Interactive! Created by The Station Written, Directed and Executive Produced by Benny & Rafi Fine.” (Via Figment)
In 2004, fresh off the excitement of my first 2-book publishing contract for Cynthia’s Attic, I began establishing an online presence at my publisher’s request, uh…insistence.
One of my first tasks was to explore author websites and chat groups. Believe it or not, I didn’t find one blog! Blogging had not reached the manic stage of today, with most bloggers simply writing online journals; but networking sites were hot.
I joined a children’s chat group in order to schmooze with other young reader (‘Tween) authors and immediately related to one particular author. Both of us had first-time multi-book contracts, the idea for our series’ sprang from recurring dreams, and our stories were fantasy/fiction. A perfect networking match.
We chatted, online, for several months, and then lost touch. I can’t quite remember why, but I’d guess it was because I was in the middle of editing my first book, The Missing Locket, deadlines approached, and time management was crucial. I’m sure it had nothing to do with Stephanie Meyer’s schedule. Wonder what ever happened to her? I do hope she had some success with her series about…vampires, I think.
Speaking of vampires, I was recently asked why I chose to write books for ‘Tweens that are lighter; vampire-less, werewolf-less, zombie-less…you get the drift. I can’t really say. It just happened. Cynthia’s Attic does delve into magic and spells and such, but the scariest monster, so far, is Stony, a rock monster who attacks twelve-year-old Gus, in an enchanted garden in The Magician’s Castle. Other than that, a nasty, bad-breathed clown, a sinister stranger on horseback and a friendly alligator are as menacing as Cynthia’s Attic gets. Until Book # 5.
Yes, I’m crumbling. In the next book (title TBD), a werewolf pops into the lives of best friends, Cynthia and Gus. Not your typical werewolf, mind you…a more congenial, helpful type, but a werewolf to be sure. Stay tuned!
Cynthia's Attic Series The Missing Locket The Magic Medallion Curse of the Bayou The Magician's Castle
Blurb: The Magician’s Castle
In trying to escape the boring summer of 1964, the adventurous twelve-year-old girls discover a trunk in Cynthia’s attic that her family has possessed for three generations.
Cynthia’s Attic: The Magician’s Castle (Book Four): Sebastien the Great, a magician whose fiancée, Kathryn, disappears through the magic trunk, vows revenge. If Cynthia and Gus don't find a missing page from the “Book of Spells,” Cynthia’s family could face financial and personal ruin.
The twelve-year-old best friends walk through miles of tree tunnels, stumble on an enchanted garden ruled by a cranky rock monster, and receive clues from an eccentric fairy named Eloise Elloway. They get the surprise of their lives when they're sent fifty years into the future, have a shocking encounter with another set of best friends, and gather a fresh set of clues that could lead to breaking the magician’s spell.
Today we have another installment of Web Wonders vs. Time Wasters, our occasional Youth Advisory Board feature spotlighting a sample of the memes, games, videos, etc. that go viral with teens and twenty-somethings for good reason…or no reason at... Read the rest of this post
As an author of novels for young people, I have to stay on top of the trends. The trends have shown that girls these days are swooning over magical old men who sweep into their high schools and offer danger and breathy declarations of love. Stephanie Meyer is keeping the vampire fires burning with her upcoming novella and the Eclipse film. Maggie Stiefvater’s Shiver has shown that girls dig werewolves too. Lauren Kate’s Fallen has proven they like them winged and biblical. And Carrie Jones’s Need feeds the need for hot pixie-love. No, I’m not talking about Kim Deal and Black Francis.
Seeing how successful these books have become, I thought I’d jump into the game. So here, for the first time, is a sneak preview, an excerpt from a novel I am writing. Set in coastal South Carolina, it is known simply as Clover.
The violet light skipped across his face. I couldn’t always tell indigo from violet, but this was violet alright. It splashed soft highlights in his fiery hair and shrouded his freckles in inky, purple shadows. I reached down to touch his cheek.
“You’re old,” I said.
“Aye,” he said.
“In school, the boys are always bragging about being men and all that. Three years ago, they didn’t even know what shaving cream was.”
“Tis true,” he remarked.
“Your face is rough,” I said. In his stubble I could feel the hills of his homeland, the roots of soul.
“Twas a beard for many a snow,” he said. “The sands of Myrtle Beach know lil kindness towards a whisker me-fears. Barbers rule this land.”
“Myrtle Beach is cruel,” I said. I’d always believed it, but never had the courage to admit it to my friends or my parents. They all adored the golf and go-carts.
“Aye,” he said. Smoke trailed from the side of his mouth. If the breeze hadn’t stolen it, I would have sucked it up and felt its dangerous caresses on my lungs.
“There’s a dance,” I told him. “It’s not important or anything. It’s just something we do here. If we went for an hour, would that be awful? Together I mean. If we went together.”
“I do a jig,” he said. The velvet soles of his boots attacked the sand and the rhythm of the waves combined with the gentle scrape into a sensuous lullaby. I knew that Lance was still waiting at the concert. He’d texted me, “Wassup Jen? Where u at? Got the tix. Theez jams r gonna rock ur bra off!” I’d let him wait. I had my music here.
“The rainbow?” I asked him. “How long will it last?” In a tide pool, I saw that the colors were now cast upon my face.
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Thanks for posting this Mayra. I have read the Twilight Books (the "good parts") five times in the last six months. I love the idea of a perfect soul mate. I am using them to fuel my own writing. ( No I am not writing about vampires.) I am writing about two women who time travel back to 1969. One finds and old love. One finds a new love.
I just wish I'd have a dream that could be so real or important to me that I couldn't wait to write it all down and turn it into a book and so many people would enjoy reading it!
Clearly, Stephanie Meyer has made a mark—and whether she is symptom or cause, we are deep inside a paranormal moment in pop-culture. Austen and the undead, who would have thought? Still, as Kara (who argued that the past ten years belong to Harry Potter) demonstrated, the “Twilight decade” is subject to some debate. I’m curious to see where you all weigh in. In the name of what author, idea or impulse, do you name the past nine years? And, incidentally, what do we name this decade? The “aughts” just never caught on.
My own answer—in terms of book-publishing, public policy, and in personal life— might be that these last ten years have been the decade of the Middle East.
Starting with 9/11 and the attendant wars begun in Afghanistan (not actually the Middle East, I know), in Iraq and on terror, to concern with radical Islam, to the scramble to understand “why they hate us,” through to present anxieties over a nuclear Iran, it was a discussion that was conducted across the media, one that taught us a new vocabulary of terrible and heartbreaking phrases: Al Qaeda, Clash of Civilization, extraordinary rendition, Abu Ghraib, improvised explosive devices…and the list goes on. The books that have emerged from and informed this discussion are too numerous to list, but they include the works of Bernard Lewis, Stephen Coll, Lawrence Wright, Dexter Filkins, Jane Mayer, Stephen Kinzer, Reza Aslan, Karen Armstrong, Juan Cole, John Esposito, etc. “Middle East Studies” is category that has grown by leaps and bounds and for better and for worse.
My decade of the Middle East is, of course, a smaller story and a happier one, a brighter and more hopeful counterpoint to the grim meta-narrative of tragedy and turmoil. Granted mine was made up of words like motherhood (my son was born in Cairo), Mahfouz (plus a host of other remarkable novelists whose work I came to know), meshi (vegetables stuffed with rice and meat, and assorted other delicious staples of Egyptian cooking), and so on…. But the opportunity to live and travel in the Islamic world, to see that devout is not, in fact, a synonym for dangerous, was eye-opening. And even though I’m back in the USA as the decade closes, my sojourn in Egypt profoundly colored this period of my life.
So obviously, this is a subjective exercise, one with no single answer: I look forward to reading your nominations.
7 Comments on The decade of..., last added: 12/18/2009
Afghanistan can be part of the Middle East. It depends on your definition. It's all academic anyway, because only those of us who live in "The Occident" call that part of the world the "Middle East." Maybe better to call it the Islamic World. Or, hell, maybe it's just better to call it the Decade of Islam. There was enough analysis of the Muslim communities of Europe, Asia, and the U.S. as well as the Middle East.
Or, alternatively, the Decade of Lady Gaga. It sure was her decade.
I wouldn't have thought of it in those terms, but I do think "Decade of the Middle East" (or "of Islam", as mentioned above) would be appropriate. Or even just the decade of 9/11. It happened at the very beginning of the decade and has influenced everything since.
If we're going to name it after YA books, though, I'd say Harry Potter had a stronger grip for a larger portion of the decade than the Twilight series, even if it began in the '90s. I'd definitely argue that the books and movies were more popular and reached a larger audience, to the point where there are even academic discussions of Harry Potter. (I've seen courses and books on philosophy in Harry Potter, for example, but nothing similar for Twilight.)
How about the decade of extremism? The U.S. already enjoyed an era of extravagance in the Gilded Age (roughly the last 50 years of the 19th century) (and thank you, Mark Twain, for the term).
But everything in our time has been extreme: Our use (and sometimes abuse) of technology, our politicians, the dramatic shifts in our economy, our religious performance, our healthcare ... even sometimes our art.
Perhaps we can try that on for size?
Anonymous said, on 12/18/2009 7:09:00 AM
All this is true, perhaps more broadly we could say this had been a decade of anxiety: 9/11, war on terror, fears of global pandemic (bird flu then swine flu) collapsing world markets, worry over global warming, America's loss of prominence and the economic "rise of the rest."
I'd go with the Age of Loss. 9/11 was a terrible wake-up call for Americans. For so many years, we've been watching the devastation that has been rained on other countries. 9/11 took us out of the spectator seat. So did Katrina.
99% of the kids I teach are Muslim. I never cease to be amazed at how different they all are from each other, and how widely customs and lifestyle vary, depending on nationality and family background.
I prefer the Age of Harry Potter to the Age of Twilight, which sounds so mournful. I prefer the Harry Potter books too.
Pimp County, AZ (FAN) — Twilight author Stephenie Meyer has made a stunning revelation today during a book signing in Pimp County: she is, in fact, J.K. Rowling, British author of the international bestseller, Harry Potter.
As hundreds of screaming teenaged girls waited in line to have their copies of the Twilight Saga signed, Meyer suddenly stood up on her desk, shouted “Finite Incantatum” in a noticeably British accent, and magically changed into Rowling.
“It was, like, so unexpected and, like, you know, weird and stuff,” says Casandra, a 16-year-old witness to the event. “First we were like, what, and then we were like, whoa.”
Rowling Comments
After revealing her disguise, Rowling told FAN why she did it: “I was writing the seventh Harry Potter book when I realised, holy skrutes, I got nothing after this! So I decided to write some lovey-dovey sparkly vampire bollocks to make my books look good in comparison, thereby keeping their sales up. But I couldn’t let anybody know it was me, so I created Stephenie Meyer. Of course, when I wrote Twilight, I never expected it to actually become popular. So I churned out three sequels that got progressively worse, hoping that [the fans] would start to shut up about it, but that didn’t work. Then I tried revealing my identity by having What’s-his-name play Edward in the Twilight movie, but nobody got the hint. So screw it all; here I am, suckers!”
Rowling proceeded to summon her Firebolt and fly away, cackling, with no further comment.
Christian Meyer Speaks Out
When asked about his role in Rowling’s plot, Stephenie Meyer’s “husband,” Christian Meyer (whose real name is Bernito Juliandre), had this to say: “When Miss Rowling approached me and asked me to pretend to be her husband for a while, I was all, hell yeah! I love Harry Potter! But after the first year it became difficult. When I tried to leave, she threatened me with the Cruciatus Curse. What could I do?”
A New Book in Progress
Rowling has recently announced that she is writing an eighth book in her international bestseller, titled Harry Potter and the Huge-Ass Bank Account, which is dated to be released in spring of 2011. FAN’s inside sources tell us the plot will center around Harry Potter and friends counting Rowling’s savings while battling the Dark Lord, Orson Scott Card.
Pimp County, AZ (FAN) — Twilight author Stephenie Meyer has made a stunning revelation today during a book signing in Pimp County: she is, in fact, J.K. Rowling, British author of the international bestseller, Harry Potter.
As hundreds of screaming teenaged girls waited in line to have their copies of the Twilight Saga signed, Meyer suddenly stood up on her desk, shouted “Finite Incantatum” in a noticeably British accent, and magically changed into Rowling.
“It was, like, so unexpected and, like, you know, weird and stuff,” says Casandra, a 16-year-old witness to the event. “First we were like, what, and then we were like, whoa.”
Rowling Comments
After revealing her disguise, Rowling told FAN why she did it: “I was writing the seventh Harry Potter book when I realised, holy skrutes, I got nothing after this! So I decided to write some lovey-dovey sparkly vampire bollocks to make my books look good in comparison, thereby keeping their sales up. But I couldn’t let anybody know it was me, so I created Stephenie Meyer. Of course, when I wrote Twilight, I never expected it to actually become popular. So I churned out three sequels that got progressively worse, hoping that [the fans] would start to shut up about it, but that didn’t work. Then I tried revealing my identity by having What’s-his-name play Edward in the Twilight movie, but nobody got the hint. So screw it all; here I am, suckers!”
Rowling proceeded to summon her Firebolt and fly away, cackling, with no further comment.
Christian Meyer Speaks Out
When asked about his role in Rowling’s plot, Stephenie Meyer’s “husband,” Christian Meyer (whose real name is Bernito Juliandre), had this to say: “When Miss Rowling approached me and asked me to pretend to be her husband for a while, I was all, hell yeah! I love Harry Potter! But after the first year it became difficult. When I tried to leave, she threatened me with the Cruciatus Curse. What could I do?”
A New Book in Progress
Rowling has recently announced that she is writing an eighth book in her international bestseller, titled Harry Potter and the Huge-Ass Bank Account, which is dated to be released in spring of 2011. FAN’s inside sources tell us the plot will center around Harry Potter and friends counting Rowling’s savings while battling the Dark Lord, Orson Scott Card.
Below is another reflection on the life of a publicist from Michelle Rafferty. Rafferty has been a Publicity Assistant at Oxford University Press since September 2008. Prior to Oxford she interned at Norton Publishing and taught 9th & 10th grade Literature. Every Friday she is chronicling her adventures in publishing and New York City, so be sure to visit again next week. Follow Michelle on twitter here. Follow the OUPblog here.
This week the founders of Twitter defended the decreed “viral craze du jour” with responses ranging from tweeting yourself out of natural disasters (see Maureen Dowd’s grilling session) to mending relations between the United States and Iraq (see Jack Dorsey on CNN). It’s a good thing I finally decided to take this social networking craze seriously. I signed up for Twitter about two months ago, but I could never really make myself commit. I came up with a few forced posts, but the whole time I was thinking “I really don’t have the time for this” and “there isn’t enough room” and “what the heck is RT?” I had trouble making myself stay on the thing for more than five minutes. Then I found Perez Hilton.
It began Tuesday morning. I was haphazardly scrolling through my tweets when I noticed that The Today Show tweeted Matt Lauer’s interview with Miss California Carrie Prejean and Perez Hilton. I wanted to know what Hilton thought of all of this, so I went to his Twitter profile and began scrolling through his posts, which essentially gave me a play-by play of his reactions as the Miss America debate swept America. Throughout the day I continued to return to his profile while I pestered Oxford’s fearless blog leader Becca for tweeting tips (how do you retweet? How do you cram a URL into 140 characters? And what does the “@” mean?) By the end of the day I was reading Heidi Montag and Miley Cyrus’s opinions on Perez and Jesus (in case you are wondering, they support both).
After work I came down from my Twitter high and had the same sense of regret I felt in college after spending two hours on Facebook instead of working on a paper that was due the next day. Shel Silverstein’s poem “Jimmy Jet and His TV Set” came to mind: He watched till is eyes were frozen wide,/And his bottom grew into his chair./And his chin turned into a tuning dial,/And antennae grew out of his hair. Silverstein is no doubt rolling in his grave.
I also had a strong sense of déjà vu—hadn’t I seen this on the cover of US Weekly before? I realized that Twitter was doing what blogs had started years before: transform the static, speculative, and photo shopped tabloid duals into real time virtual wars. Although I would argue that this event is a whole lot more complex and substantive than the never ending Jen and Angelina showdown, it is similarly PR driven: in her Today Show interview Prejean admits she wouldn’t have had the opportunity to sit next to Lauer if this all hadn’t happened; Perez comments on how good he looks on Larry King; and is it really a coincidence that notorious celebrity feuder Donald Trump is involved? There are serious issues at hand, but all of these players also have images to uphold, promote, and protect.
I know I shouldn’t be admitting that the Miss USA pageant debate is what finally got me into Twitter, but when I analogize it to the Young Adult novel argument, it don’t think it seems so bad: people who support YA Literature think of it as a stepping stone, a hook for young leaders, Stephanie Meyer will lead them Bram Stoker. In the same way I have moved from “Celebrity Twitter” to “Muck Rack”—an amalgamation of tweets from the most influential members of the news media. This week I’ve learned that I can use Twitter to find out what editors, journalists and bloggers are writing and thinking about (the aforementioned “Muck Rack” makes this especially easy). And while Twitter seems to be the latest and greatest way to get the news, it also shows promise for being the book publicist’s best new tool. I can use tweets to figure out who might want to cover a particular book or interview a certain author. This type of information is especially useful for newbies like myself who are still trying to learn names and personalities in the media industry. Twitter can also be another element of the publicity campaign—I can tweet our Oxford author reviews, interviews, and events—and in a best case scenario get some retweets (that is, after I get some followers). If I make an effort to limit my time on Twitter (no “Twitter head”!), I think it could be something that actually makes me more productive at work.
There does seem to be some cognitive dissonance going on among Twitter users. We laugh at the satirical YouTube shorts and the absurdity of the word “Twitter” and all its variations; I had to mock shame when passing up on a lunch with co-workers after my Twitter rampage ate up all of my morning work time. So, until Twitter starts getting us out of earthquake rubble and initiating world peace, it looks I will need some sort of justification for my tweeting. Luckily it has become my newest job requirement.
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So, I'm not giving a synopsis of Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer, as most of you have read it by now. I do, however, want to give my opinion on some things, as that's what we reviewers are good at! Beware of spoilers please....
First of all, let me just say that I really love this series. Twilight was great, a little romance, some thrills, lots of mysteriousness. New Moon was pretty fantastic as well, with the introduction of more creepiness, deeper characterizations, and still some pretty good thrills. Eclipse started to annoy me a tad, well shall I say, Miss Bella Swan started to annoy me. Finally, in Breaking Dawn, Bella has made me turn against her, as has Jacob, and by the end I both wanted the series to finally be done, but had waaay too many unanswered questions.
I honestly feel as if Stephanie Meyer felt as if she really had to impress her readers with this final book in a much loved series and in attempting to do so, went completely over the top crazy. Breaking Dawn is filled with something like 20 new characters, enough that she needed to place an index in the back, a vampire baby with an absolutely ridiculous name, an almost adult Jacob falling in love with an infant, and so much whining and stubbornness from Bella, I almost couldn't take it.
I was so excited to read about Bella's transformation into the vampire world and unfortunately, that portion of the plot took all of 50 pages in an 800 page book. I finished the final page wanting to know the extent of her powers, what else her daughter can do, how this imprinting of Jacob was going to proceed, etc., but felt like I was lacking something. I really believe that Meyer tried to stay true to her characters, she just was under so much pressure to impress that the book spun out of control.
Though I've heard her next book has been put on hold indefinitely, I will certainly look forward to reading whatever Meyer publishes in the future. I still have to read The Host and I'm sure I'll enjoy it. Her writing will suck you in, this title just needed to be tamed a bit.
To learn more about Breaking Dawn or to purchase, click on the book cover above to link to Amazon.
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Can I suggest a title to try, if you like Young Adult fiction? "Outcasts Of Skagaray" is an action suspense fantasy, which you can preview by reading the sample chapters on www.threeswans.com.au There are readers' comments on line as well, if you want to search. Should you decide to read it I will be delighted and interested to hear what you think.
There are a great many unanswered questions in the book, but I find that there was a whole lot of things that could have been left out of the 800 page book in favor of expanding on other things.
I really enjoyed The Host, and I think you'll like it as well.
Check out my breaking dawn review here: http://savvyverseandwit.blogspot.com/2008/08/breaking-dawn.html
My Host review here: http://savvyverseandwit.blogspot.com/2008/08/host.html
I will add your review to my breaking dawn post. Also thanks for the update on the Cybils awards.
Alli is back from Maine and has a bunch of cool new features she’s planning for Ypulse Books. We’re also changing our regular posting schedule from Wednesdays and Fridays to Mondays and Wednesdays beginning this week. And in Ypulse Book... Read the rest of this post
Lagardere Publishing, the corporate parent of Hachette, reported that eBooks composed 20 percent of US adult sales in the final quarter of 2011.
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Thanks for posting this Mayra. I have read the Twilight Books (the "good parts") five times in the last six months. I love the idea of a perfect soul mate. I am using them to fuel my own writing. ( No I am not writing about vampires.) I am writing about two women who time travel back to 1969. One finds and old love. One finds a new love.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Susan!
Hi, Mayra,
I love the Twilight books - and the movies.
I just wish I'd have a dream that could be so real or important to me that I couldn't wait to write it all down and turn it into a book and so many people would enjoy reading it!