| G. P. Putnam's Sons Achieves Record 33rd New York Times Bestseller for the Year | |
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| J. D. Robb's Salvation in Death, which debuts at #2 on The New York Times hardcover fiction list for the week of November 23rd, represents G. P. Putnam's Son's record 33rd New York Times hardcover bestseller of 2008 - the most bestsellers the imprint has ever achieved in a single year. This bests Putnam's previous record one-year total of 32, which was achieved in 2004. This outstanding performance includes titles from such brand-name, repeat New York Times bestselling authors as such as Patricia Cornwell, Nora Roberts, Clive Cussler, Daniel Silva, John Sandford, W.E.B. Griffin, Stuart Woods, Robin Cook, Catherine Coulter, Dick Francis, Robert B. Parker, Ridley Pearson, Alex Berenson, Sara Paretksy, Jack Higgins, Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick and Nevada Barr as well as nonfiction New York Times bestsellers from Kurt Vonnegut and Steve Lopez. |
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Penguin Group (USA) Weekly Update - 11/17:
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| Posted by Penguin Group USA on Mon, 11/17/2008 - 6:04pm. in |
A Lifelong Love Affair by Deborah Cooke:
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(View the entire post here) You might be thinking that I'm going to talk about my husband here, but he's a comparatively recent love compared to my love of books. Books and I go waaaaaay back. I don't remember when I learned to read - it just seems as if I always have - and books have always been a big part of my life. I still have my first books. MY BOOK HOUSE is a twelve volume set, compiling children's stories. The leather spines are shaded from green through blue, with each book a different colour. They'd look good on a shelf even if they were never used - mine are dog-eared. My mother has a fun photo of me with the first of those books open in my lap and all my stuffed toys arranged around me as I "read" to them. I must be all of two in that photo, so it's unlikely I could actually read the text. Maybe I had the story memorized. Maybe I was making things up, even then. My love of books, though, was already established. I remember getting in trouble in fifth grade for reading the dictionary inside my desk instead of listening to the math lesson. Fiction didn't have an exclusive hold on my heart. I remember a bookstore on Bloor Street when I was a student that sold "hurt Penguins" - with a little sad face on the sign - at a discounted price. Yes, we have several shelves worth of those orange-spined Penguin classics. I remember going into bookstores when I was travelling in Europe, even though I couldn't read in the local language, just because I missed books and bookstores so much. |
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| Posted by Penguin Group USA on Mon, 11/17/2008 - 4:29pm. in |
Deborah Cooke, author of Kiss of Fury- our blogger the week of 11/17:
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Deborah Cooke is our guest blogger during the week of November 17th. If you have any questions for Deborah Cooke, add a comment to any of her posts. Here is some more information about Kiss of Fury: Alexandra Madison has discovered an invention that could change the world. When her partner is murdered and their lab destroyed, Alex knows she has to rebuild her prototype in time...Donovan Shea knows the Madison project is of dire importance to the ongoing Pyr/Slayer war. So when he sees Alex being followed by a Slayer, he reacts and defends her, never imagining that she’s his destined mate... As Slayers close in on their prey, Donovan knows he’ll surrender his life to protect Alex—and lose his heart to possess her... |
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| Posted by Penguin Group USA on Mon, 11/17/2008 - 11:04am. in |
