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Number 09
ISSN 0000-
March 2,
2020FEATURES
21 London Book Fair Preview
Organizers have a great program planned for the 2020 fair, set for
March 10–12, even as fears about the coronavirus spread.
36 Road-Tripping
In his new novel, Héctor Tobar chronicles the life of a failed writer
who became “an American Che Guevera.”
NEWS
4 The Coronavirus Scramble
The virus is causing lots of disruptions in the book world, from
international book fairs to book manufacturing.
5 Sales up in Late February
Unit sales of print books rose 0.9% in the week ended February 22
over the similar week last year, helped by an annual Dr. Seuss
promotion that boosted juvenile fiction sales by 5.5%.
6 Book-Toy Synergies Abound at Toy Fair
Many publishers showed off new lines of toys and many toy manu-
facturers promoted new lines of books at Toy Fair New York, which
wrapped up February 25.
7 Lil’ Libros Lands Bilingual Kids’ Cookbook
The L.A.-based Latina-led indie press has signed a deal to publish a
children’s cookbook by celebrity chef Marcela Valladolid.
8 Deals
Among the big deals this week are a preempt, for a rumored seven-
figures, to a novel about the 1926 disappearance of Agatha Christie
and the sale of a memoir by Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S.
ambassador to Ukraine.
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