BOOK BUZZ FROM USA TODAY
By Press Release - Sep 23 , 2009
What’s new on USA TODAY’s Best-Selling Books List
McLEAN, VA, September 23, 2009 — Here’s the latest book buzz from USA TODAY with a highlight of tomorrow’s Best-Selling Books list:
• Big draws in stores: Booksellers reaped a sales bonanza last week thanks to the release of several highly-anticipated titles including Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol and Sen. Edward M. Kennedy’s True Compass. They are No. 1 and No. 2 on USA Today’s Best-Selling Books list. Other new releases including Jon Krakauer’s Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman and the new Oprah Book Club pick, Say You’re One of Them by Uwem Akpan, also did well.
• Boynton, B.B. and Blues: Sandra Boynton, the cartoonist/songwriter says, with a straight face, that the vision for her latest children’s book, One Shoe Blues, involves “loss and redemption and sock puppets.” Boynton, who’s designed more than 4,000 greeting cards and written and illustrated more than 40 kids’ books, wrote, designed and directed a music video starring B.B. King that’s packaged with her book, to be released by Workman Friday.
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 onto www.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).
