Tag Archives: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

International Bestsellers, April 2020

Every month, Publishing Trends runs fiction international bestsellers lists from four territories–France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. This month, our four regular territories are joined by two more: Argentina and Turkey. Those books that have been published in English are listed with their official English-language title. All others are translated as literally as possible from the…Continue Reading

International Fiction Bestsellers

Surreality Bites Warlocks Roam Poland, Italy’s Spinster/Warrior, And Potter-philia Sweeps Russia If contemporary world history isn’t surreal enough for you, dive into the willful wickedness of Andrej Sapkowski’s latest genre-bending novel, Narrenturm (it roughly translates from the German as Asylum). Freely warping the historical and the fantastic, this Polish bestseller follows the relatives of a…Continue Reading

Discounts on the Danube

Battle Over Price Maintenance Roils The European Book Trade In case there was any doubt about it, German culture minister Michael Naumann will not go gently into his country’s cultural good night. Portraying himself to the media as a lonely lookout on the prow of the Titanic, scanning for the iceberg that will plunge German…Continue Reading

Loony for Laydowns

As live satellite feeds beamed Scholastic’s midnight Muggle-fest around the globe last month, the intricately choreographed release of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was evidence of more than just the good fortune of Potter point-man Michael Jacobs. It was also proof that the one-day laydown — a luxury formerly reserved for embargoed bombshells…Continue Reading

Triage for Kids’ List?

The announcement that the New York Times will start publishing a children’s bestseller list on July 23 has been met with the sort of jaded, industrywide cynicism that one would expect from such a move. Timed to coincide with the mega-release of Harry Potter 4 (aka Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, as seen…Continue Reading