![]() The Amazon ecosystem certainly can sell a fair number of copies. Durham said that while Amazon wants to make its books available to anyone who wants to carry them, “our business model doesn’t depend on distribution outside of Amazon.” She acknowledged that limited sales through retailers mean Amazon needs to provide authors with “a great publishing experience,” noting, “If we were not able to do that, then we’re not going to be the best publisher fit for them.” In numbers supplied to PW, Amazon reported that total sales of Nuts to date, including e-books, are approximately 120,000. My Mother Was Nuts, by Penny Marshall, the first high-profile book released by New Harvest, has so far sold a little over 12,000 copies since its publication at outlets that report to BookScan. That decision by retailers resulted in some low print sales for titles on the first list-at least as measured by Nielsen BookScan, which estimates it captures 75%-80% of print sales. The first full adult print list, sold through a deal with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt under the New Harvest imprint, was released in fall 2012 it immediately met with resistance from physical retailers, including Barnes & Noble and the vast majority of independent booksellers, who would do no more than special order the titles for customers. ![]() ![]() Daphne Durham, who is stepping into the role of publisher for Amazon’s adult trade and children’s imprints as Larry Kirshbaum departs, said the company is “delighted” with the sales performance of the unit’s titles to date. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Our bodies are hard-wired for sweets, so food manufacturers have deployed fifty-six types of sugar to add to their products, creating in us the expectation that everything should be cloying we’ve evolved to prefer convenient meals, so three-fourths of the calories we get from groceries come from ready-to-eat foods. ![]() ![]() ![]() In Hooked, Moss uses the latest research on food addiction since the publication of Salt Sugar Fat to explore the science of addiction and uncover what the scientific and medical communities-as well as food manufacturers-already know: food can, in some cases, be even more addictive than alcohol, cigarettes, or drugs. But what if some of the decisions we make about what to eat are beyond our control? Is it possible that processed food is addictive, like drugs or alcohol? Motivated by these questions, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Michael Moss began searching for answers, to find the true peril in our food. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Salt Sugar Fat, a powerful exposé of how the processed food industry exploits our evolutionary instincts, the emotions we associate with food, and legal loopholes in the name of profit over public health.Įveryone knows how hard it can be to maintain a healthy diet. ![]() ![]() ![]() He added sociological insight: Hyannis Port was not just the location of the Kennedy family compound but a place “molded in the best and simplest of the old New England manner, its homes less ostentatious and snugger in style than the summer homes of the Long Island Hamptons.” The Kennedys, White noted, had been “the first of the Irish to invade its quiet.” ![]() He recorded body language, the weather, the shifting moods of the candidates-and also of their aides, wives and families. He covered the inside-campaign dynamics: the strategy meetings, the internal polling, the publicity and marketing efforts. Instead, White covered campaigns with a novelist’s eye, writing about what candidates ate and drank (“his first drink of the day, a Daiquiri”), the smell in the rooms they occupied (“The hall stank of sweat and stale tobacco”), even the amount of shine on their footwear (“of his two shoes, one was glossily polished as usual-the other scuffed and dirty”). The conventional wisdom of 1960 held that a candidate’s campaign began when he announced he was running and that reporters should follow him from stop to stop, dutifully recording all that was said and how the crowds responded. ![]() ![]() ![]() Then in 2007 Brunt received an additional award from the Arts Council to write her first novel Tell The Wolves I'm Home. In 2006 she received the New Writing Ventures award from the New Writing Partnership and Arts Council England. īrunt wrote short stories that were published in several literary journals, including North American Review and The Sun. In addition to writing, she worked with elderly people and men who suffered brain damage. Career īrunt began her professional writing career in Amherst, Massachusetts. ![]() ![]() She grew up in the suburbs of New York City in Pleasantville, New York, near the setting of her book Tell the Wolves I'm Home. She is a 2013 recipient of the Alex Awards.īrunt was born in Queens, New York City, New York in 1970. She is currently working on her second book. She is the author of Tell The Wolves I'm Home, which was on the New York Times Best Seller list. Carol Rifka Brunt (born 1970) is an American novelist and short fiction writer. ![]() ![]() The daughter – the glass blower – is clearly not the killer but it’s hard to see why the man was killed or why the scene has been so elaborately staged. At the home/studio of a group of artists the father of one of them is found stabbed to death with a long shard of glass in his neck. That case is still pretty fresh in people’s minds and it is referred to several times in this novel.ĭevon is in the middle of a heatwave and the coast is heaving with visitors. ![]() In terms of timings, it takes place not long after Venn has solved the previous crime. It was a story that was obviously going to work well on television and the series aired just as this new book was published. The first book – The Long Call – was really enjoyable, introducing interesting characters and wonderful settings. ![]() This is Book 2 in Ann Cleeves’ series about DI Matthew Venn, which is set in North Devon. ![]() ![]() ![]() The gorgeous man had already made it clear he was definitely uninterested in Cayson… or so he’d thought.ĭr. Having experienced countless disappointments, and having taken a stand not to fall for any more tricks, Cayson is more than a little skeptical when Quick comes around asking for a second chance to prove himself. Now at almost forty, Cayson is intent on no longer being anyone’s dirty secret. Cayson must’ve mistaken Quick’s gratitude for something more, because the one time he tried to make his desires known, he was harshly rebuffed and left on the man’s doorstep feeling stupid for hitting on an obviously very straight man.Ĭayson never dated a man who was willing to come out of hiding and be with him. Cayson Chauncey has been wildly attracted to the big, tattooed hunter for almost a year, ever since he performed the surgery that saved Quick’s best friend’s life. Seeing his best friend and his son fall in love and sharing the special connection that only true soulmates can, has made him all the more aware of what’s lacking in his life. ![]() However, there is one thing that has begun to cause Quick concern and it’s the dreadful thought of living out the rest of his life alone. He’s fearless when it comes to carrying out his dangerous job alongside his longtime best friend and business partner, Duke. Roman “Quick” Webb is one badass bounty hunter on the crime-filled streets of Atlanta. ![]() ![]() ![]() Simmering resentments between Southern Democrats, many of whom were former slave owners, and the Republican-dominated federal government exploded in the 1872 election for Louisiana’s governor. In Louisiana, the fight over the postwar government was particularly bloody, as PBS’ American Experience series explores. At the same time, insurgent white supremacist groups terrorized African Americans throughout the South. ![]() ![]() Bitter over the Confederacy’s loss, many white Southern Democrats tried their best to continue disenfranchising and restricting the rights of former slaves. Immediately after the end of the war, different factions began fighting over power. For many historians, one of the worst examples of this violence occurred 150 years ago: the Colfax Massacre of 1873. During that time, thousands of African Americans were killed by domestic terrorists like the Ku Klux Klan who tried to reinforce antebellum policies of white supremacy. The Reconstruction period that followed America's Civil War was one of the worst, most violent eras in American history. ![]() ![]() ![]() Behind her, Luca finished laying out their picnic on a blanket, complete with grapes he had promised to feed her one by one between kisses, and honey she had promised to find creative uses for between grapes. Thanks to my paid subscribers for making it possible for me to pay writers for awesome stories, and then share them with the world! If you'd like to sponsor more stories, consider becoming a paid subscriber, which will also give you the chance to vote for which kinds of stories I look for.Īmberina soaked up the virtual sun as delightfully realistic ocean waves sank her feet into the sand. This story was available to paid subscribers only until the 1st of February, 2021, at which point it became publicly available. ![]() ![]() Here is the first of two pieces I solicited and edited based on the paid subscriber theme choice of Science Fiction, Preferably Set in Space! The second story is How to Defeat Gravity and Achieve Escape Velocity by Miyuki Jane Pinckard, which is longer. Happy 2021! I asked last year if you would like to see some original fiction on this feed, and you said yes! Here is the first of two pieces I solicited and edited based on the paid subscriber theme choice of Science Fiction, Preferably Set in Space! Photo by NordWood Themes / Unsplash ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() THE GREAT DIVIDE offers a masterly and totally original synthesis of archaeology, anthropology, geology, meteorology, cosmology and mythology, to give a new shape - and a new understanding - to human history. ![]() This unprecedented comparison of early peoples means that, when these factors are taken together, they offer a uniquely revealing insight into what it means to be human. This is the fascinating subject of THE GREAT DIVIDE, which compares and contrasts the development of humankind in the 'Old World' and the 'New' between 15,000 B.C. This division - with two great populations on Earth, each oblivious of the other - continued until Christopher Columbus 'discovered' America just before 1500 A.D. Then, the Ice Age came to an end, the Bering Strait refilled with water and humans in the Americas were cut off from humans elsewhere in the world. Because so much water was locked up at that time in the great ice sheets, several miles thick, the levels of the world's oceans were much lower than they are today, and early humans were able to walk across the Bering Strait, then a land bridge, without getting their feet wet and enter the Americas. early humankind, who had evolved in Africa tens of thousands of years before and spread out to populate the Earth, arrived in Siberia, during the Ice Age. How the division of the Americas from the rest of the world affected human history. ![]() ![]() ![]() Simple or grand, choose the star upgrade that works best for you.Ĭancel plans the day prior to leaving your abode, therefore building in time to execute last-minute packing, home cleaning, or simply relaxing. Looking for inspiration? Try following a favorite, age-old practice – the star rating system – to create departing habits that delight. Why not ensure enjoyment and extend your trip by taking off in style hours, or even days, before the trip begins?ĭon’t rob yourself by allowing turbulence to follow you to the gate a vacation state of mind is yours to be had far before departure. ![]() By my calculations, that puts in jeopardy a large portion of the hard earned, much anticipated journey you may have planned. Transitioning in and out of a holiday mindset can take days, if not weeks. Most travelers would say their vacation begins the day of departure – but I invite you to start thinking differently. ![]() |