BOOK NEWS 🗞️ Big Intermezzo sales for Sally Rooney • Tilted Axis needs you! • Prize shortlists

[@benreadsgood]

Forgot to mention in the video, but I will be donating all ad revenue from this video to the Tilted Axis crowdfunding campaign, between now and when the campaign ends at the end of October. It won't be a huge amount, but every little helps! If you can bear it, please let the ads run for at least 30 seconds, as that increases the amount that's paid out 🙏

[@vacantlots]

Thank you for standing up for kindle. As someone who has recently suffered with their eyesight and suffers with arm pain. Lifting a kindle and also reading at adjusted size text has been a lifesaver for me. Yes there are lots of different e readers, but as a disabled person who finds it difficult to earn income and to visit libraries. Kindle has given me a world of accessibility.

[@benreadsgood]

So glad to hear that ebooks can help make reading accessible and comfortable for you! ♥️

[@janethansen9612]

I very much enjoy these book news videos. It makes sense that in a cost of living crisis bookstores would be suffering although to many of us books still count as necessities. Here in Australia The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich is now available so looking forward to that. I don't enjoy Sally Rooney at all so giving her a miss. I also don't enjoy Jonathan Franzen even though I've read probably 3, but I would say that if I had to pick one The Corrections is the one to read.

[@benreadsgood]

It’s a shame when great bookshops face these challenges! Easy to take them for granted but does highlight the importance of buying locally when you can.

[@Michelelynnreads]

Ugh. Really like Tilted Axis. Hope they can get the support they need. There are so many great books to read. I’ve got Prophet Song and Bee Sting on my TBR. Currently reading Held.

[@flufftronable]

The Bee Sting is a great read

[@benreadsgood]

Hopefully they can get the funding they need and make it through! And you’ve got some great reads lined up 😊

[@dittesque]

Thanks for addressing the kindle/amazon issue, it’s so complicated to be a conscious consumer these days, its interesting and good to hear ebooks offer good profits for publishers, even with massive discounts :)

[@jacquelinemcmenamin8204]

Another book award to look out for is the An Post Irish book awards.

[@benreadsgood]

Ah yes, there will be some Irish fiction treats in store there! Fingers crossed for The Coast Road.

[@ameliabarlowbooks]

so excited for The Corrections TV adaptation! I loved Crossroads and have been saving The Corrections for a time where I have an extended period to sit and read 📚♥️

[@benreadsgood]

I have had it on my shelf for about a decade so I really need to sort my life out and read it 😂

[@readandre-read]

I do love fall new releases! My Christmas list begins. Sky Full of Elephants looks and sounds fascinating. Thanks fot all the updates!

[@benreadsgood]

It sounds like such an interesting premise, doesn’t it! I love novels that are just like ‘what if this crazy thing happened?’

[@katrinamuritala3207]

I agree about kindle deals as can’t afford to pay full price all the time xx

[@benreadsgood]

My Kindle purchases always end up being those books I wouldn’t really buy physical copies of, so it’s nice to have a kind of backup library! And yeah books are getting more and more expensive so the discounts are always welcome.

[@livforreading]

Favorite time of the month!

[@benreadsgood]

Thank you!!! 🙌

[@booksandsarcasm4713]

So glad you flagged the Daisy Johnson book - not sure how I missed it!

[@benreadsgood]

Yeah it’s had no marketing that I’ve seen! Wonder if it’s just a small seasonal release to gear up for her next novel.

[@FMsukina]

Hi Ben, thank you for all of the news you share! I LOVE these videos!!! I believe that Verso was also looking for donations late last month/earlier this month, but I think that they have met their financial needs ( ^ - ^ )

[@benreadsgood]

Ahhh it’s such a shame that publishers are facing these financial issues! Glad Verso got through though - hopefully a good proof point that all this fundraising can work.

[@dqan7372]

Another great news update. Added a couple to my TBR, picked up some Fitzcarraldos.

[@benreadsgood]

Thank you! I’m still debating which Fitzies to go for (although really, I’m not in need of new books right now 😅)

[@enjay5087]

I am very excited about the Toppings news. A great round up, thanks Ben.

[@benreadsgood]

I’m actually going to York soon and was like ‘why can’t it open RIGHT NOW??’ 😂

[@ReadingNymph]

Adding My Favourite to my tbr, love Indigo press and French translated books. Great video, as always, I really appreciate the effort you put in to this

[@benreadsgood]

Thank you! These ones always take me so long but it’s always nice to hear people like them 🥹

[@cathyg.9996]

I just love Book News Ben! ❤ Thank you for doing it! 😊

[@benreadsgood]

Thank you for watching! 🙌

[@p_p_p_p_7732]

I am once again asking people to buy a KOBO instead of a kindle, you get all the same kindle deals and not supporting Amazon. Had mine for 5 years and it's still great. I love it.

[@benreadsgood]

A good suggestion! Although one of the challenges is that lots of people already have Kindles. Spending on a new device (and the electronic waste of getting rid of your old one) won’t be the answer for many people. But for those looking to get their first e-reader, definitely worth looking into!

[@p_p_p_p_7732]

@@benreadsgood oh yes completely agree! Mean for those in the market for an ereader 😊

[@dittesque]

Yes! #teamkobo 😉😊

[@CharlieBrookReads]

Always love these vids. Some of the new releases are already on Everand so have saved them straight away, thank youhoooo Ben 😊❤

[@benreadsgood]

Oooh nice, glad you’ve been able to nab some of them already! Thanks for watching Charlie ♥️

[@taymosa]

Thank you Ben, this is one of my favourite videos every month ❤️

[@benreadsgood]

Thank you so much for the feedback 🙏

[@angelagoodwin2105]

Thank you Ben, such a good video for keeping us all up to date 🎉

[@benreadsgood]

Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed it!

[@kimswhims8435]

Juice by Tim Winton and Dusk by Robbie Arnott are being release in Australia, very excited about these two!

[@benreadsgood]

Ooh the new Robbie Arnott! I think we’re still waiting for a release date for that one in the UK 😢

[@annalisa.robbins]

I’m loving the Book News videos! 💕✨

[@benreadsgood]

Thank you! That’s lovely to hear ☺️

[@davidford3145]

Great video, thank you. I donated to tilted axis (just letting you know because mentioning this kind of thing in your videos does make a difference)

[@benreadsgood]

Thank you for letting me know! Really glad to raise awareness of the crowdfunding campaign.

[@nathansnook]

always SAT for the bookish news! The Favorite and Sky Full of Elephants sound fantastic. i've got the new Vandermeer on deck as an eARC but i'm on book 2 at the moment. it's been a fun ride! have you done the Southern Reach books?

[@benreadsgood]

Thanks for taking a seat!!! 🙌 I have only read Annihilation, but I should really pick the thread back up. I always find series too much of a big commitment though. I’ve got phobias!

[@MsPixieD]

I ran to my library's website to place a hold on Paula Hawkins' The Blue Hour. They have 46 copies on order and I'm 36th in line, so I'll get to read one that no one else has touched yet, lol. I know that's not literary fiction, but your report of the average lit fic selling less than 500 copies their first year sounds shocking. Unless that's only UK and only physical book sales, or if indie and self published books with no marketing whatsoever are averaged in? Or maybe they don't count pre-orders, which is how libraries place their orders of any upcoming noteworthy titles? Because otherwise wouldn't sales (including audiobook leasing) to libraries alone be more than that? 🤔

[@benreadsgood]

That stat was from a UK publisher so might be a UK-only number - not sure. But it is an average, and I reckon there are plenty of published books that don’t even make it into many (if any) libraries. I think there was something from the DOJ investigation into Penguin Random House that basically made it clear publishers make tonnes and tonnes of ‘little bets’ where they don’t expect to make their money back, all in the hopes of finding that 1 in 1000 hit that can pay for everything else.

[@joangavrilik3009]

Love these book news videos!

[@benreadsgood]

Thanks so much! Glad you like them 😊

[@Ali-AvidReader]

I love these book news videos! Is there a website that the general public can view book sales stats on any given book?

[@benreadsgood]

Not that I know of! These recent sales were reported widely just because they were notable, I think. But if you ever find a source please let me know because I live for nerding out on stats!

[@Ali-AvidReader]

@@benreadsgood Will do!

[@ameliareads589]

Excuse me? A German book I have not heard of and have to find out through a booktuber from the UK? Rude. 😂 I immediately seeked it out and I love the German cover. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. I've read Ingenious Pain by Andrew Miller a couple of years ago and was really surprised how much I liked it, considering that I'm usually not really into historical fiction. And The Land in Winter sounds also intriguing. Meryl Streep is a perfect cast for The Corrections. Curious to find out who else will be casted.

[@benreadsgood]

If it makes you feel any better, Inokai is Swiss German! 😅 Although she does now live in Berlin. The German cover did look great, if it’s the same one she read from at the event I went to.

[@EllenFelicity]

I'm saying this with absolutely zero qualification 😂 but I don't think people are buying Rooney books *instead of* other books. Yes, it would be good to see marketing pushes and media attention for more lit fic but, I don't have much patience for griping that she is 'overrated'. I'm about to read the safekeep and I'm really looking forward to it

[@benreadsgood]

You may well be right! Definitely think that’s the case with big name biographies. But I could imagine someone going into a bookshop and picking up the new Rooney novel instead of browsing any further or asking for a recommendation. Guess it depends on people’s book budgets! Hope you enjoy The Safekeep - I thought it was great 😊

[@1book1review]

That is insane, 500 copies in the first year of release for literary fiction? I both feel guilty and not guilty for not getting to literary books as soon as they are published. Not Rooney though, I just can't make myself imagine she'd be for me.

[@benreadsgood]

It might be a UK-only figure, I’m not too sure. But it’s very low either way, isn’t it!

[@spexi513]

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