2021-03-08 Publishers Weekly

Volume 268
Number 10

ISSN 0000-

March 8,

2021

FEATURES

17 Mise en (Shelter in) Place
New cookbooks focus on thrift, speed, and other pandemic-era values.

26 Beyond Beach Reading
Jennifer Weiner’s latest novel tackles #MeToo and women’s ability to
see—and save—one another.

57–79 BookLife
A new indie publishing platform is born under lockdown, plus reviews
and more.

NEWS

4 Indie Publishers on the Rebound
Small presses fought back after a rough start to 2020.

5 Print Sales Still Strong at the End of February
Unit sales of print books rose 26% in the week ended February 27
over the similar week last year, helped by demand for backlist.

6 An Immigration Story Finds a Home
Patricia Engel’s Infinite Country had a charmed path to publication, and
Avid Reader has been back to press twice since its March 2 release.

8 International News and Notes
A new platform in Spain aims to help publishers find overseas
distributors and distributors find international clients, and a Danish
audiobook company focuses on Latin America.

10 Deals
Ecco goes big on a debut novel, Kal Penn sells a memoir to Gallery,
Brittney Cooper sells seven for seven figures to Scholastic, and more.

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The story of two

very different girls in

Prohibition-era Mississippi

whose only salvation just

might be each other.

“UNFORGETTABLE.”

—ELIZABETH LETTS,

#1 New York Times bestselling author

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April

2021!

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