Volume 266
Number 30
ISSN 0000-
July 29,
2019FEATURES
18 Fantasy Islands,
Mountains, and More
Travel publishers are luring readers with the guidebook equivalent of
clickbait headlines, promising the world’s most beautiful locations
and the best, most epic experiences—and delivering.
34 50 Years of Aquarius
If you can remember Woodstock, the saying goes, you weren’t really
there. New books help fill in the blanks.
39 Multiply Rooted
Salman Rushdie puts a playful spin on Don Quixote in his new novel,
Quichotte.
41–54 BookLife
In this month’s survey of the self-publishing scene, we talk with
sommelier Sarah Thomas, who cofounded Kalamata’s Kitchen—a
multiplatform publisher of food- and travel-themed children’s books.
NEWS
4 Fiocco Says ABA Must Expand Focus
The new American Booksellers Association board president has a
full agenda.
5 The Next 50 Years of Comics Publishing
The 50th San Diego Comic-Con wrapped up July 21. It featured the
usual artists’ presentations and promo events, as well as programming
looking at how comics have changed since the show began in 1970.
5 Sales Soft in Mid-July
Unit sales of print books in the week ended July 20 fell 4.1% com-
pared to the similar week last year, led by big declines in both adult
and juvenile fiction.
7 ‘Crawdads’ Tops One Million Units in 2019
Delia Owens’s Where the Crawdads Sing has become the feel-good
publishing story of the year, dominating the fiction list and topping
the overall bestseller list for eight weeks.
8 Deals
Dean Koontz moves to Amazon, Laura Lippman lands seven figures
at William Morrow, and more.
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