BOOK BUZZ FROM USA TODAY
By Press Release - Sep 30 , 2009
What’s new on USA TODAY’s Best-Selling Books List
McLEAN, VA, September 30, 2009 — Here’s the latest book buzz from USA TODAY with a highlight of tomorrow’s Best-Selling Books list:
• Creepy as it may be, sleeping with your father sells books. Mackenzie Phillips’ High on Arrival, in which she confesses to having a long-term incestuous relationship with John Phillips of the ’60s band the Mamas and the Papas, enters USA TODAY’s Best-Selling Books list at No. 14. The controversial book also has family members taking sides on whether her allegations of incest are true.
• What’s under the dome? Stephen King fans have to wait until Nov. 10 to peek inside his new horror novel. But they’re getting glimpses of the Under the Dome jacket, which is being rolled out in segments at stephenkingunderthedome.com. It will be revealed in its entirety on Monday. The 1,088-page novel, about a Maine town that becomes trapped under an impenetrable bubble, is being touted as his biggest since The Stand.
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 on to 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).
