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STATUS: Even though I look absolutely ridiculous doing a happy dance, I’m doing it anyway! White woman overbite. Here I come.
What’s playing on the XM or iPod right now? THE LOAD OUT by Jackson Browne
This is just getting impossible. If I keep hitting crazy milestones, what will I have to look forward to? Last year, I had 3 authors on the New York Times bestseller list at the same time.
Then it happened twice in one year. Fabulous. Where to go next?
How about 4 authors on the NYT list at the same time? And 3 of them on the top 150 USA Today Bestseller list at the same time as well.
Yep! That’s the news that hit my inbox about an hour ago. And here they are.
At #19 on the Trade Paperback list and #146 on USA Today
At #9 on the Children's list
At #11 on the Mass Market paperback list and #109 on USA Today
At #13 on the eBook listand #59 on USA Today
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USA Today rounds up the latest witchy novels, including Overlook's DELIVERANCE FROM EVIL, by Frances Hill (March). Go here to see them all!
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USA Today released its “Top 100 Books for 2010″ list this week, a bestseller list composed of 77 percent fiction. Stieg Larsson‘s Millennium series dominated the top three spots and George W. Bush‘s Decision Points occupied fourth place.
The newspaper also noted: “Stephenie Meyer‘s popularity began to cool off. She accounted for 4% of best sellers the list tracked, down from 11% in 2009. The vampire and paranormal craze among readers isn’t dead, but it’s fading, accounting for just 9% of best sellers, down from 17% in 2009.”
The article also noted that books with movie adaptations do particularly well. It’ll be interesting to see if adaptations (like Kathryn Stockett‘s The Help) will boost sales next year.
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Today we bring you another installment of Youth Media Movers and Shakers. We've culled through industry publications looking for the recent executive placements we think you should know about. If you have executive news that you want us to highlight... Read the rest of this post
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I've had my Kindle for a couple of months now and while it has some limitations, I like it. Mostly, I like reading USA Today and some blogs on the Kindle. I have a book or two and while some have been practical to read on the kindle, others have been more of a struggle.
One book that I'm on the fence about is "The Healthy Kitchen" by Andrew Weil and Rosie Dailey. I like being able to read it on the Kindle but at the same time, this is a book that would be nice to have in hardcopy. Could be I'll change my mind down the road as I become more adept at using the Kindle - only time will tell.
I'm definitely a fan of reading USA Today on my Kindle and even though it's not in color, I'm able to scan and read the paper and then zero in on those select articles when I get a chance on my regular computer and print to pdf if I want to preserve them for research or just plain morbid fascination. Sure beats cutting out articles from the actual paper and then trying to capture them electronically.
I just wish that the electronic version of books was more reasonable. The price points seem curious given that electronic delivery should be much more cost-effective than the actual book. It probably is but the savings aren't necessarily being passed onto the reader.
It will be interesting to see where we are at in 5, even 10 years on the issue of price.
I also purchased a netbook and so far so good. The keyboard takes a little getting use to but I like how compact it is, especially since I commute by train.
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As regular readers know, we here at Ypulse are strong supporters of free newspaper access for students. So it should come as no surprise that this initiative from USA Today to test out an e-Edition at select colleges (Penn State, Indiana and... Read the rest of this post
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Tweens' tamer style (takes a cue from the wholesome on-screen look of Miley Cyrus and the"HSM" cast. Plus EW asks whether the JoBros need to grow, i.e. rethink their upcoming Disney show, to keep their fanbase interested) (Los Angeles Times, reg.... Read the rest of this post
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I am officially a New York Times Bestselling author! The Heir series appears on the August 31 New York Times Children’s Series Bestsellers List.
I’m keeping some fast company!! I’m sort of rubbing shoulders with Harry Potter (who, of course, has been on the list for 196 weeks! That’s—um—almost five years.)
The Dragon Heir also appears on the USA Today Bestseller list (all books) for the week ending 8/17/08, its debut week. That’s #150 out of 150, but, hey, somebody has to be last. And it’s better than #151.
And, finally, The Dragon Heir is also #15 on the Indie Bestseller Children’s list for Children’s Books for August 17.
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USA Today is celebrating its 25th year with 25 lists of 25. This week's list is 25 Lives of Indelible Impact. I might have sorted the list in a different order, but these are all amazing and inspiring people from the last 25 years.
Last week was 25 Years of 'Eureka' Moments -- inventions that have changed our lives since 1982. As I scanned this list, some were integral to my life, and some seemed irrelevant. I wondered what my 5th graders would make of the list, how they would sort it (important vs. irrelevant), and if they would notice anything missing.
Predictably, things like debit cards, lettuce in a bag, and online stock trading aren't a very big deal for 11 year-olds. You want to know they think is missing from the list? (Cable TV was also on their list of missing items, but I just Googled it -- 1948, if you can believe that!)
- game consoles (PSP, Nintendo, X Box, Wii, etc.)
- self-scan lines at the grocery
- energy drinks
- hybrid cars
- Google and Wikipedia
- Pokemon and Yu-ghi-o cards
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Earlier this week, I was blogging about how few book review outlets there are for YAs. Every now and then, USA Today will publish a round-up of books, like a bunch of mysteries or cookbooks. This week, it's a bunch of young adult novels.
The Day My Mother Left, James Prosek
Split Screen: Attack of the Soul-Sucking Brain Zombies/Bride of the Soul-Sucking Brain Zombies, Brent Hartinger
Harmless, Dana Reinhardt
Now You See Her, Jacquelyn Mitchard
I have a copy of Split Screen in by TBR (to-be-read) and my PTBR (possibly to be reviewed) pile. Plus I am "friends" with Brent on myspace and livejournal.
I want to check out Harmless because it sounds like a plot I've been thinking of. And if it's similar, thank God it never got out of the thinking stage.
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Congratulations to you and your writers. You obviously know how to pick winners. Enjoy your happy dance. When life is this good, you've gotta dance!
Congratulations Kristin - this is fabulous news for you and your clients! Wonder what next year will hold? Then again, maybe this year can get even better still :)
Most excellent. Bask in your much-deserved glory. ;-)
Congratulations, Kristin! Reach for the stars!
Congratulations! It made me happy, too, just reading your entry :)
Nothing left to say but congrats!
And to think, the year's only a little more than half-over. Congrats.
That is awesome! Happy for you and the authors both. :-)
Congrats! :)
Congrats! I loved Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. :)
The covers are ALL awesome. Obviously the content delivers. There are so many layers to creating these amazing stories. Dance and sing!
Readers are thrilled too, though they'll never know the depth of gratitude they owe to you. So I'll say it for all those clueless readers, Thanks, Kristen, for being you.
That is absolutely fantastic, Kristen. Congratulations!
Hope you're going to go celebrate?
Congrats!
Congratulations! :)
Can't wait to see how you top this one! ;-)
Congrats to you and your authors!
Amy
Congratulations!
Congratulations to you all!
Congratulations! It is obvious that you have the skill and knowledge to know a successful novel when you see it. And congrats to all your authors for sharing their excellent work with us!!
That must be a great feeling! Congrats!
Congrats! Having devoured it this week I KNOW Ally Carter's "Uncommon Criminals" deserves to be on that Best Seller list and I'm sure the others do too!
Congratulations! This is fantastic news!
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet has been on bestseller lists for awhile, now, hasn't it?
YAY!!!
Awesome news--you deserve to happy dance!
Isn't it lovely to read about a 'good news' event:):):) congratulations to everyone involved...
Olga from http://[email protected]
I'm so happy for you. You deserve to do the happy dance!
I'm confused about something. I thought the NY Times doesn't accept self published books on their list. I'm thrilled for Courtney, but how did Unlocked get on the NY Times ebook list if it's self published? Does this mean they will allow other self-published authors on their list now?
I haven't read the other books. But I did read...and re-read..."Hotel" and thought it was the best book I'd read in years. I seriously want this to be number one now!!
Can you pick 'em or what?
Seriously, congratulations to you and each one of the authors for making the list. That's amazing!
C'mon, Milestones!!!! (No, really, it's all right. Keep 'em coming.)
Bess Morgan
CONGRATULATIONS! It couldn't have happened to a nicer agent!
I'm confused about something. I thought the NY Times doesn't accept self published books on their list. I'm thrilled for Courtney, but how did Unlocked get on the NY Times ebook list if it's self published? Does this mean they will allow other self-published authors on their list now?
Some other self-published books have been on the list. (Barbara Freethy, John Locke, Victorine Lieske, Nancy Johnson, Stephanie McAfee.) Others have not. (Amanda Hocking).
Speculation abounds, but I chalk it up to the NYT being squirrely and inscrutable just to get its inscrutability on.
Regardless, I'll take it.