BOOK BUZZ FROM USA TODAY
By Press Release - Feb 24 , 2010
McLEAN, VA – Here’s the latest book buzz from USA TODAY with a highlight of tomorrow’s Best-Selling Books list:
· Sales of Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson novels are reaching Olympian heights. All five books in the kids’ series are in USA TODAY’s top 10. It’s the first time that’s happened, and sales are being driven by the movie version of the first book. Accounting for half of the top 10 is impressive, but Riordan has a long way to go to break Stephenie Meyer’s record.
· Despite what author Charles Pellegrino calls “one colossal error” in his research for The Last Train from Hiroshima, he doesn’t expect it will affect James Cameron’s plans to make a movie based on the non-fiction book. As first reported in The New York Times, Pellegrino relied on a veteran who falsely claimed to be on an observation plane when the atomic bomb was dropped. Pellegrino tells USA TODAY that by next week, he’ll finish five pages of corrections for future editions.
· Thrilled — that’s the word for British writer Chris Cleave, 36. The new paperback edition of Little Bee enters the list at No. 22. Published last year to strong reviews, the novel about a London journalist and a Nigerian refugee has been optioned by BBC Films with Nicole Kidman attached.
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 number one newspaper in print circulation with a total average daily print circulation of nearly 1.9 million, and USATODAY.com, an award-winning newspaper Web site which launched in 1995, reach a combined 6.1 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).
