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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