Publishers Weekly - 27.01.2020

Volume 267
Number 04

ISSN 0000-

January 27,

2020

FEATURES

20 Spring Religion &

Spirituality Announcements
This season, theologians and historians rethink the lives and legacies
of biblical figures. And many authors recommend an inward turn and
closer listening in response to worries about partisanship.

41 Rebel Yell
In his new biography, Adam Hochschild traces the life of Rose Pastor
Stokes, a feisty 20th-century activist.

79–111 BookLife
In our monthly survey of self-publishing, we talk with John Bragg,
winner of the 2019 BookLife Prize Fiction Contest.

NEWS

4 An Action-Packed Winter Institute
With controversy surrounding a speaker and new technology offerings,
there was no shortage of hot topics at the ABA’s annual gathering,
which wrapped up in Baltimore on Friday.

8 Marvel Rethinks Its Approach to Trade Books
We recently spoke with Sven Larsen, director of licensed publishing
at Marvel, about the company’s vision and programs for the book
market.

8 Sales up in Mid-January
Print unit sales rose 3% in the week ended January 18, compared to
the similar week last year, led by big gains in juvenile nonfiction.

11 Deals
Lee Child re-ups with Random House for a quartet of new Jack
Reacher novels, to be written with his brother; a debut novel by a
Columbia College Chicago MFA sells in the high six figures; and
Maggie Nelson signs a two-book deal.

To order Plata Titles, contact your Two Rivers sales rep

(800) 343-4499 | fax (800) 351-5073 | [email protected]

JOSHUA JOHNSON, HOST OF 1A ON NPR, ADDRESSED

BABY BOOMER ISSUES IN A RECENT SEGMENT TITLED ‘OK

BOOMER:’ APATHY, ANGER AND THE BIRTH OF A MEME’

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

ON SALE NOW!

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Who is responsible for the world we

live in and “the world we will bequeath

to our children and grandchildren?”

In answering that question, we

need to factor in the reality that

“many Boomers were the victims of

corporate raiders... 

who stole their pensions.”

MORE SOBERING STATISTICS:

One-half of people approaching

retirement age have less than $25,

saved—and one quarter of that same

group have less than $1,000 saved.

Robert

Kiyosaki

AND

Edward

Siedle

two informed

voices and

advocates for

the concerns

of active and

retired

workers

around

the world.

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