For the week ending May 13, Circana BookScan reports that the top print bestsellers in the US include these new releases: Magnolia Table, Volume 3 (HarperCollins), a cookbook by Joanna Gaines; Happy Place (Penguin), a romance by Emily Henry; Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography (Random House) by Wendy Loggia, illustrated by Elisa Chavarri; The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece (Random House), a literary novel by actor Tom Hanks; Fourth Wing (Macmillan), a fantasy novel by Rebecca Yarros; and Meet Me at the Lake, a romance by Carley Fortune.
Jane Friedman has spent her entire career working in the publishing industry, with a focus on business reporting and author education. Established in 2015, her newsletter The Bottom Line provides nuanced market intelligence to thousands of authors and industry professionals; in 2023, she was named Publishing Commentator of the Year by Digital Book World.
Jane’s expertise regularly features in major media outlets such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, NPR, The Today Show, Wired, The Guardian, Fox News, and BBC. Her book, The Business of Being a Writer, Second Edition (The University of Chicago Press), is used as a classroom text by many writing and publishing degree programs. She reaches thousands through speaking engagements and workshops at diverse venues worldwide, including NYU’s Advanced Publishing Institute, Frankfurt Book Fair, and numerous MFA programs.
