Your weekly round
up of publishing news, publicity information and trivia!
Firstly – exciting news! As I mentioned last week,
Compass now have an arrangement with
giant US distributor Ingram – which means
that it is very easy for you, the UK bookseller to get your hands on lots of
great US titles! When you open an account with Ingram you will be able to order US books easily
quickly and cost-effectively for your bookshop. There is no minimum order – you
can just order one title; the books arrive in 3-5 working days and shipping
costs are very competitive – much cheaper than you think! You will get great
terms – 40% discount and over 12 million US titles are
available! If you fancy getting started right away then click here to open an Ingram account – it’s very
straightforward. Or you can go to www.ingramcontent.com and click on the button that says
GET STARTED, or you can talk to your Compass Account Manager. Ingram will run some credit checks and within 3-4
days your account should be up and running. There is no minimum order, so there
is no need to “consolidate” several titles to make up an order – if you want a
US title you can have it delivered to
your bookshop in 3-5 working days! Your account gives you access to the Ingram
ipage system – a vast web resource with information on 12 million US
titles that is updated hourly by the Ingram team – so you can be sure a title is
in stock and that the bibliographic info is fully up to date.
So why might you want some US titles in your
bookshops? Firstly, you may have a customer who specifically asks for an
American title – and you can assure them that you can get it for them quickly.
The price you charge your customer is up to you – but you will be getting 40%
discount on the US $ price, and the shipping costs are
very reasonable. Secondly, you may spot a US trend which is big over here – but no
UK publisher is capitalising on it.
For example – US TV shows such as Mad Men, The Sopranos or The
Big Bang Theory may not have any associated UK books - but now you can order US titles – for
their many UK fans! When it comes to US pop and
rock stars – there is often far more published over the pond than here – whether
it’s Taylor Swift or Will.i.am – if they’re big here you can order the US
calendars, song books, photographic coffee table glossies, comic books or
whatever, for the UK fans to buy from you!
And thirdly – every week Compass
Points will keep you up to date with the hot US bestsellers –
so it will be simples to keep your bookshop one jump ahead of the competition!
Other bookshops won’t have these books – you will! Ingram has built itself into
the world’s largest distributor by supporting the independents and over 30,000
independent booksellers worldwide trust Ingram to support their business so why
not consider opening your Ingram account today?!
Click here to watch a trailer for one of our biggest
September titles – The Returned
. You must agree it looks like pretty gripping and intriguing stuff – it
reminded me of both a certain PD James novel and also Torchwood – which
as far as I’m concerned is high praise indeed! The story begins with Harold and
Lucille Hargrave whose lives have been both joyful and sorrowful in the decades
since their only son, Jacob, died tragically at his eighth birthday party in
1966. But in their old age they’ve settled comfortably into life without him…
Until one day a government agent appears on their doorstep towing Jacob behind
him — still eight years old, exactly as he was on the day he died. All over the
world people’s loved ones are returning from beyond. No one knows how or why or
why this is happening, whether it’s a miracle or a sign of the end. Not even
Harold and Lucille can agree on whether the boy at their doorstep is real or a
wondrous imitation, but one thing they know for sure: he’s their son. As
tensions begin to rise across the globe, the newly reunited Hargrave family must
navigate the conflict between those who believe the Returned are a gift and
those who are afraid of the unknown — a conflict that threatens to rock the very
foundation of our humanity. The Returned
is a high-concept literary debut in the tradition of blockbuster breakout
bestsellers such as The Age of Miracles and The Passage. Jason Mott’s writing has appeared in numerous
literary journals, and he was nominated for the 2009 Pushcart Prize. He
lives in North
Carolina and The
Returned is his first novel. In the US ABC acquired the television
rights for The Returned in a heated
auction against NBC and Fox and the buzz is definitely building for this book
which has a winning combination of spare, elegant prose, engaging storytelling,
unforgettable characters and a fresh, commercial concept. It blends elements of
genre fiction (sci-fi, dystopian, horror), with a bold literary voice and an
emotional story to create a book with far-reaching mainstream potential. It is
published in C-format paperback by Harlequin
Mira in September and you can order The Returned here
The Daily Mail ran a big summer reading
article this weekend. Entitled Beach + Bikini + Book = Bliss it gave a rave
review to Soufflé by Asli Perker saying “This is a really fantastic
book. The premise is the way that food unites and heals people and all three
strands of the novel feature characters in trouble, helped by cooking.
Marc is a grieving widower,
Ferda a carer for her demanding, elderly mother, and Lilia looks after her sick
husband. But the real story is about family, and what utter fiends they can be.
Lilia adopted two children, neither of whom is grateful, to put it mildly.
Anyone who’s ever felt their kids treat them badly should read this sensitive
yet defiantly unsentimental book!”
Soufflé came out in paperback in April from Telegram
(ISBN: 9781846591440 £8.99) – make sure you have it on your summer reading
table; it has a lovely unusual cover!
And you can read the whole Daily Mail article
here.
The eagle eyed among you may have noticed that the
Daily Mail also mentioned another Compass title! Listed under Retro Reads was The Position of Peggy Harper by Leonard Merrick. The Daily Mail really
raved about it saying “This forgotten Edwardian classic (foreword by George
Orwell) is a terrific discovery. The setting is theatre-land, where struggling
actors live hand-to-mouth, trudging to auditions, grateful for bit-parts, always
hoping for leading roles. Tatham, a thoroughly decent young man, longs for fame
while relying on relatives for accommodation and hand-outs.
He is lured into a
relationship with bird-brained, fame-hungry Peggy, who turns out to be a
selfish, scheming hussy. The shabby-genteel world of aspiring actors, squalid
digs, desperation, managers skedaddling with the takings, is brilliantly
conveyed, and the mingled pong of greasepaint, chips and cheap scent lingers
long after you’ve finished Merrick ’s
atmospheric novel.” This is a really
fantastic review – and the Mail has millions of readers – so do make sure you include The Position of Peggy Harper in your summer reads – it came out in April
from Hesperus in paperback with a very eye catching cover at £8.99 and you can find out all the details
here
At the Yeoman’s House by Ronald
Blythe has been shortlisted for the New Angle Prize for
Literature – which is a biennial award for a book of literary merit set in
or influenced by the region of East Anglia . You can find out
more and view the whole shortlist here. This lovely book – the
Spectator described it as “sheer delight” – is published by Enitharmon Press and
you can find out all the details on the Enitharmon website here. There was a super article
on the book in In Suffolk magazine by its author Ronald Blythe which you can read here. The winner of the award will be announced in
September.
Now ladies – wouldn’t you like to Perfect Your Cycle, Amplify Your Fertility,
Supercharge
Your Sex
Drive and Become a Power Source? Well I know I would, and apparently all I have to
do is read Woman Code. Holistic health
coach Alisa Vitti shows women how to
maintain health and vitality with a food-based programme to rebalance their
hormones and wow, my goodness those publicists at Hay House have
certainly got this book a lot of publicity! The author will have an article
published in the July issue of Natural Health & Beauty magazine
(circ. 60,000) and the book will be
reviewed in the October issue of Zest magazine (circ. 65,418) and
extracted in the next issue of What Doctors Don’t Tell You (circ.
10,000). The author will be featured in the August issue of Woman &
Home magazine (circ. 352,586) and she will have a Q&A in the August
issue of Psychologies magazine (circ. 77,608). There will also be a
4-page feature on the book in the September issue of Spirit & Destiny
(circ. 47,297) and a book review will feature in a future issue of The
Sun newspaper (circ. 2.2 million). The author has also contributed an
article to Top Sante magazine (circ. 55,338). This title came out in May
from Hay House; you can find out more and order it here
While we’re on the subject of women’s hormones, I
don’t think anyone is much funnier on the whole issue of women, hormones, weight
etc. than Jo Brand – you can watch a funny clip below although I'm not quite sure what holistic health
coach Alisa Vitti would make of
it!
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That’s all for now
folks, more next week!
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