BOOK BUZZ FROM USA TODAY
By Press Release - Sep 09 , 2009
What’s new on USA TODAY’s Best-Selling Books List
McLEAN, VA, September 9, 2009 – Here’s the latest book buzz from USA TODAY with a highlight of tomorrow’s Best-Selling Books list:
• Suzanne Collins is too busy writing the final book in The Hunger Games, her trilogy for teens, to do a book tour or even many interviews. But that hasn’t prevented Catching Fire, the second in the series, from landing at No. 1 on USA TODAY’s Best-Selling Books list. The series, set in a futurist dictatorship, features teens forced to fight to the death on TV. It’s been praised by two other writers who’ve reached No. 1 on the list: Stephenie Meyer and Stephen King.
• Harry Potter may have more star power than Robert Langdon but the secrecy surrounding Tuesday’s release of Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol, which features symbologist Langdon (of The Da Vinci Code), is just as palpable. Doubleday is tantalizing fans with Twitter feeds and “Symbol Quest” puzzles at danbrown.com and thelostsymbol.com. The plot is under wraps. Brown will be interviewed on the Today show Tuesday and in USA TODAY.
• Are stressed-out, suddenly thrifty Americans playing their own shrink? You might wonder from the rise on the list of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, up to No. 25. APA publisher Gary R.VandenBos says sales are up 20 percent over the fifth edition released in 2001. He credits the manual’s appearance on USA TODAY’s list — a first — to its sales on amazon.com.
For all the news from this week’s Best-Selling Books list, see Thursday’s editions of USA TODAY for the top 50 books or log ontowww.top150.usatoday.com for the complete list of 150 best-selling books from last week.
Rankings for USA TODAY’s Best-Selling Books List are based on retail sales data collected each week that include more than 2.5 million books from about 7,000 independent, chain, discount and online stores. USA TODAY’s list ranks titles regardless of genre or format, providing one of the best assessments of which books are most popular among readers and consumers each week. USA TODAY’s Best-Selling Books list has been published each Thursday in the newspaper’s Life section since October 28, 1993.
USA TODAY was founded in 1982 with a mission to serve as a forum for better understanding and unity to help make the USA truly one nation. Through its flagship newspaper and popular Web site, USA TODAY engages the national conversation and connects readers online through social media applications. USA TODAY, the nation’s top-selling newspaper with a total average daily circulation of more than 2.1 million, and USATODAY.com, an award-winning newspaper Web site which launched in 1995, reach a combined 5.8 million readers daily. The USA TODAY news and information brand also includes: USA TODAY Education, USA TODAY LIVE, USA TODAY Mobile and USA TODAY Sports Weekly. USA TODAY is owned by Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI).
