Fiction Deals Dominate in London; January Bookstore Sales Fell

[PW Daily: Breaking book business, bookselling and author news, bestsellers lists and publishing deals.] [Ego Free Leadership by Brandon Black & Shayne Hughes]( [London Book Fair 2017: A Few Novels Gain Buzz Amid Restrained Deal-Making]( With no single title emerging as the big book of the fair, and gossip still focused on recent reports about the $65 million advance the Obamas landed from Penguin Random House, a number of novels have been the subject of chatter. [more »]( [January Bookstore Sales Fell 3.7%]( After rising 2.5% in 2016, bookstore sales fell 3.7% in January, according to preliminary estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau. [more »]( [Hachette Partners with Wattpad to Produce Audiobooks]( Wattpad and Hachette Book Group have inked a deal to produce 50 audiobooks using Wattpad's content. The first titles created under the deal will become available this summer. [more »]( [PW's London Book Fair Show Daily: Day 2]( Want the latest news and gossip from this year's fair? It can be found in the pages of our London Show Daily, which features live reporting from the show floor. [The Forgetting Spell]( Check out the new [PW JobZone]( New features include: - Enhanced Listings - Job Alert Emails - Resume Hosting - Streamlined User Interface Plus the same focused job opportunities you've come to expect from [PW JobZone]( JOB MOVES Barrett Hooper has been promoted to senior financial analyst at Chronicle Books. AiLing Tjan has been promoted to accounting supervisor at Chronicle Books. Christina Mott has been promoted to distribution client account manager at Chronicle Books. Joanna Pinsker, veteran publicist with experience at Basic Books, Random House/Broadway, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and most recently at HarperCollins, has joined Hachette Books and Black Dog and Leventhal as publicity director. She will report to Michelle Aielli, associate publisher, executive director of publicity. [VIEW ALL »]( [The Ugly by Alexander Boldizar]( [London Book Fair 2017: Four Questions for IPA President Michiel Kolman]( Last Fall, Michiel Kolman was elected to succeed Bloomsbury’s Richard Charkin as president of the International Publishers Association (IPA)—and he takes over at a tumultuous time. [more » »]( [Q & A with Emma Donoghue]( Bestselling 'Room' author Emma Donoghue's debut novel for younger readers, 'The Lotterys Plus One,' releases later this month. She spoke to PW about creating diverse fictional families. [more » »]( News Briefs [Correction: Simpson Family Literary Project Winner]( In yesterday's PW Daily we said that Joyce Carol Oates had won a $50,000 prize as part of the newly launched Simpson Family Literary Project. That is incorrect. The winner of the prize has not yet been announced. Oates is the writer-in-residence of the program for spring 2018. [»]( [Triangle Awards Finalists Revealed]( Finalists in line for the 29th Annual Triangle Awards, which honor the best lesbian and gay fiction, nonfiction, and poetry published in 2016, include Sarah Schulman, Will Schwalbe, and more. [more » »]( THE ROUNDUP [Ukranian Library in Moscow is Shrinking]( Books are being transferred from Moscow's Library of Ukrainian Literature due to a political dispute between the two countries. [A French Bookstore's Take on 'Facebook']( Creative photos featuring book covers with the faces of readers at Librairie Mollat in Bordeaux have gone viral on social media. [Cara Delevingne Announces a Novel]( 'Mirror, Mirror,' the British model's writing debut, is a "twisty coming-of-age story" publishing in the U.K. in October 2017. [A Love Letter to All Bookstores]( In a tribute to bookstores everywhere, one writer calls her local store a safe haven, a friendly meeting place, and the center of good memories. [13 Books on Health Care]( Amid uncertainty over health care legislation, here is a reading list focused on the experience of getting sick and paying for getting sick. [VIEW ALL »]( PW Bestsellers [Children's Fiction Bestseller List]( 'Double Down' by Jeff Kinney is the #1 title on PW's children's frontlist fiction bestseller list. [See the full list » »]( PW Daily Review of the Day [‘The Family Gene: A Mission to Turn My Deadly Inheritance into a Hopeful Future’ by Joselin Linder]( “Linder delivers a moving and deft account of her journey to unearth a diagnosis of the mysterious family gene that caused her father’s and six other relatives’ untimely deaths.” [more » »]( SHELFTALKER [The Book I’m Currently Obsessed With]( Elizabeth Bluemle ‘Nabokov’s Favorite Word Is Mauve’: a new title for writers, numbers crunchers, Harper’s Index followers, and Hemingway fans. [more »]( PICTURE OF THE DAY [The S&S Book Club Matinee]( The Ed Sullivan Theater in New York was the site of Simon & Schuster’s first Book Club Matinee which was held March 11 and featured six authors. Pictured (l-r) standing: Ruth Ware; Lisa Genova; Wendy Sheanin, v-p, director of marketing, adult trade group; Megan Miranda. Sitting: Anthony Doerr; Carolyn Reidy, CEO; Isabel Allende. Not pictured: Lisa See. Photo: Courtesy of S&S. E-mail not displaying correctly? [View it in your browser.]( [Your U.S.-owned editorial, production, and digital conversation partner.]( [Yale Publishing Course]( [PubTechConnect | April 20, 2017]( 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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