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This will be the last issue of
Publishing This Week for 2020, and in this case the title is a bit of misnomer as in addition to the modest haul of books publishing this week, I've included the only two titles we have on our radar that are due to release later in the month. One of these is
The Mystery of Mrs Christie by Marie Benedict which explores the real life disappearance of Agatha Christie in 1926. Our members who reviewed it for First Impressions think highly of it, rating it an impressive 4.5 stars. Book promo videos can be a mixed bunch, but Sourcebook's trailer for
Mrs Christie is rather fun; while you wait for the book to release you can whet your appetite by viewing it on
BookBrowse.
Book Clubs in Lockdown: Free Report
I invite you to download BookBrowse's new report, "
Book Clubs in Lockdown," based on an October 2020 survey of more than 3,400 book club members (thank you if you were one of those who took part). It contains many intriguing insights about how book clubs have adapted to the challenges of 2020. Once downloaded, please do share with your book club friends and family, and with your local library. You can read about it in the press at
Publishers Weekly,
Shelf Awareness and in Ron Charles'
Washington Post Book Club newsletter.
Most subscribers to
Publishing This Week also subscribe to other BookBrowse newsletters, and we've still got plenty more to come in December; but for the few of you who are only subscribed to this one, I wish you a healthy and happy holiday season!
Davina Morgan-Witts, Editor
