Nancy Drew Prequel
The CW’s recent hit show Nancy Drew is getting a prequel novel: Nancy Drew The Curse. And, as the title states, it is in fact Ms. Drew investigating a curse that is no longer dormant in her town. You can check out the cover reveal and read an excerpt ahead of its March release.
Fredrick Douglass Edited Newspapers Now Digitized
In 1838 Fredrick Douglass escaped slavery and went on to be a speaker, author, and one of the leaders of the abolition movement. He was also a newspaper editor of The North Star and now, thanks to the Library of Congress, you can look at three of the issues he edited between 1847 and 1874.
Beyond The 2019 List Of Bestsellers
We’ve seen the 2019 bestseller lists, but PW took a deeper dive and took a look at things like publishers’ expectations for books, and which met, disappointed, and surpassed. There’s interesting factoids in here, like The Silent Patient was on the hardcover fiction bestseller list the same amount of weeks as Where The Crawdads Sing was, but still didn’t make the top 20 for the year. Anyhoo, here’s a lot of breakdowns and numbers for data fans.