Tuesday, July 08, 2014

THE ROUNDUP with PW

The Bestselling Books of 2014 (So Far)
Young adult novels reigned over the top halves of Nielsen BookScan's print, and Amazon's Kindle, bestseller lists for the first six months of the year. John Green’s unstoppable "The Fault in Our Stars" was the bestselling e-book on Amazon from January to June, and its various editions occupied three spots on the print list more »

'Das Kapital' Fetches High-Bidder: A copy of Karl Marx's opus laying out an alternative to capitalism sold for $40,000, just as the Dow hit a record high.

The NYT Looks at Interactive Fiction: The paper says the genre, once known as text adventure, is 'having a moment.'

King's Killers Reflect Reality: Salon looks at the way many of Stephen King's thrillers mirror real life.

The Problem With 'Balanced Literacy': A Brooklyn school teacher tackles the issues with New York City schools' approach to teaching writing.

The Year's Best Biographies: The Daily Beast ranks the best biographies of 2014...so far.

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