'Handmaid's Tale' Tops Amazon's Charts; SoCal Booksellers Fight the Fires

[PW Daily: Breaking book business, bookselling and author news, bestsellers lists and publishing deals.] [Promote your self-published book for $149 - PW Select - click here.]( ['Handmaid's Tale' Was the Year's Most Read Novel On Amazon]( 'The Handmaid's Tale' and 'The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck' were the most-read fiction and nonfiction titles, respectively, on Amazon in 2017. [more »]( [Bonnier Zaffre Expands Into U.S. Market]( The division of Bonnier Publishing UK will expand into the U.S. market next year, with its initial focus on two of its internationally bestselling authors, Wilbur Smith and Lynda La Plante. [more »]( [As Wildfires Rage, So. California Booksellers Struggle to Stay Open]( Indie booksellers in the region are are seeing customers kept away by poor air quality and employees struggling with home evacuations. [more »]( [Literature Translation Institute of Korea]( LTI Korea runs a wide range of programs to help Korean literature reach more readers across the globe. We provide grants to translators and publishers, support international literary exchanges and provide training programs for literary translators. Our doors are wide open to everyone interested in Korean literature. (Sponsored) [Learn More »]( [New York Rights Fair 2018]( For more about these and other great jobs, visit the new [PW JobZone]( now with resume hosting and more! - [Senior Marketing Manager, Children's - Simon & Schuster - New York](. - [Art Manager / Photo Editor - Callisto Media - Emerville](. - [Art Manager / Photo Editor - Callisto Media - New York](. - [Associate Children's Marketing Manager - Simon & Schuster - New York](. - [Agent Coordinator - Bright Agency - New York City](. JOB MOVES Lynda Zuber Sassi has been promoted to director of international and subsidiary rights sales at Chronicle Books. Tessa Ingersoll has been promoted to associate director of international sales at Chronicle Books. Nicole Banholzer is launching Nicole Banholzer PR, a children's book publicity business, at and can be contacted at nicolekbanholzer@gmail.com. Jennifer Ildiko Szalai has been named nonfiction critic at the 'New York Times.' Jenn Jensen has been promoted to associate director of marketing at HarperOne. [VIEW ALL »]( [Elaine Weise Scores One for Women]( Weiss’s new book, 'The Woman’s Hour,' puts excitement into the suffragettes’ fight to win the vote. (PW subscriber exclusive) [more » »]( [Obsession Spirals in This Dark Short Story]( Amazon Original Stories brings you a chilling new read by 'New York Times' bestselling author Joyce Carol Oates. In 'The Sign of the Beast,' a dark force is set loose when a Sunday school teacher mocks a boy’s birthmark and the child turns the tables on his abuser. Psychological suspense builds as the victim narrates a cycle of abuse spiraling out of control. (Sponsored) [Read It Today » »]( News Briefs [HarperAudio to Publish Original Audiobook Musical]( 'Spin,' a musical created by a number of Broadway veterans and based on the Grimm's fairy tale Rumpelstiltskin, will release on January 9, 2018. [more » »]( BOOKSTORE NEWS [Houston Store Hosts Charity Auction]( Murder By The Book is running an auction through its charity, Book Lovers Care, to raise money for victims of hurricanes Harvey, Maria, and Irma. [B&N Keeps Store Open Thanks to Kids]( After third-graders in Daytona Beach, Fla. learned their local Barnes & Noble would close, they appealed to the company CEO. He listened. [Toronto's Real Estate Bubble Kills Store]( Eliot’s Bookshop, a used bookstore in downtown Toronto, is closing after four decades. The culprit? Exorbitant property tax increases. [Persian Bookstore in US Persists Online]( Ketab Corp, a Persian-language bookstore in Los Angeles, closed this summer after 36-years in business. But its online store remains open. [Canadian Booksellers' Top Books of 2017]( The Quill & Quire surveyed booksellers to find out their favorite books of the year. [VIEW ALL »]( THE ROUNDUP [Harassment Probe Hits Audible]( Two executives departed Amazon’s Audible unit last week in the midst of a company investigation into workplace harassment. [Sean Spicer Gets a Book Deal]( Regnery will publish the former Trump White House press secretary's book about his “turbulent tenure” next summer. ['Cat Person' Breaks Records]( A much-talked-about short story published by the 'New Yorker' is already one of its most-read overall pieces. [Early Sonnets by Walter Benjamin]( One of the great thinkers of the 20th Century, while heartbroken, turned to poetry, which has finally been translated into English. [My Editor Was Black]( Debut author Naima Coster on working with Morgan Parker, the whiteness of publishing, and literary self-determination. [VIEW ALL »]( PW Bestsellers [Hardcover Nonfiction Bestseller List]( 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Come and Get It!' by Ree Drummond is the #1 title on PW's adult hardcover nonfiction bestseller list. [See the full list » »]( PW Daily Review of the Day ['An Uncommon Reader: A Life of Edward Garnett' by Helen Smith]( "Smith, a lecturer at the University of East Anglia, offers a superb biography of Edward Garnett, an English critic and editor who was best known for discovering and nurturing literary talents, among them Joseph Conrad, D.H. Lawrence, and T.E. Lawrence." [more » »]( SHELFTALKER [A Year Later: A Bookseller Returns to the Store]( Josie Leavitt Josie takes some shifts at the Flying Pig and makes some observation about bookselling. [more »]( PICTURE OF THE DAY [Jólabókaflód Begins in Minnesota]( Zenith Bookstore in Duluth, Minn., is celebrating the Icelandic holiday tradition of Jólabókaflód, or Yule Book Flood, through Christmas Eve by gift-wrapping books for customers along with a complimentary piece of Minnesota-made artisan chocolate. Here, poet Sheila Packa (l.) is handed her package and chocolate by bookseller Beth Burnett. Photo: Claire Kirch E-mail not displaying correctly? [View it in your browser.]( [Enter to win a FREE galley of After the Shot Drops]( [ Grievous Bodily Harm: A Toni Day Mystery by Jane Bennett Munro]( [Free Reviews and Services for Indie Authors]( To submit pictures of the day, email pics@publishersweekly.com Send editorial questions about this e-newsletter to: jmilliot@publishersweekly.com Send advertising questions about this e-newsletter to: cbryerman@publishersweekly.com For additional assistance, contact us by email or at the address below. 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