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Why are YA sales declining? (This week in books)

March 24, 2023 by Nathan Bransford 3 Comments

This week! Books! News came this week that after years of increasing market share, young adult fiction is now among the only categories posting declines in sales. The #takes have rolled in, and many people cited book bans, a decrease in B&N shelf space for YA, and a lingering lack of diversity. Librarian Karen Jensen […]

Annie Ernaux wins the Nobel (This week in books)

October 14, 2022 by Nathan Bransford Leave a Comment

This week! Books! French memoirist Annie Ernaux won the Nobel Prize in Literature. Madeleine Schwartz wrote a fascinating profile of her in 2020, and Adam Gopnik argues her win marks the ascendency of the memoir as “perhaps the leading genre of our time.” Despite recording record profits in the 2022 fiscal year, HarperCollins has nevertheless […]