By JULIE BOSMAN, New York Times, Published: September 5, 2011se
Publishers are releasing a new round of books timed to the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks despite lukewarm sales of many books about the events in the past. But the question remains whether people will want to read more about Sept. 11, especially after weeks of magazine covers, newspaper articles and wall-to-wall cable news coverage.Left -Jake Guevara/The New York Times - New books, and some old ones, reissued, mark the 10th anniversary of the attacks.
Right -Joshua BrigJht for The New York Times - Barnes & Noble has displays of anniversary-themed books in stores for the month of September.
W. W. Norton and Company has high hopes for one book it plans to release on Sept. 12: the memoir of Ali H. Soufan, a former F.B.I. agent who played a major role in terrorism investigations between 1997 and 2005. A spokeswoman for Norton said that the book, “The Black Banners,” will have close to 150,000 copies in print when it is released, a significant number in these days of e-books and struggling brick-and-mortar bookstores.
Smaller publishers have also noted the anniversary. “We’re Not Leaving,” by Benjamin J. Luft, a compilation of stories told by first responders, is set for publication on Tuesday by Greenpoint Press.
Added to the mix are previously published works, like “The Looming Tower” by Lawrence Wright, the best-selling look at the events leading up to the attacks, that have recently been reissued in new editions. Norton has rereleased what was perhaps the best-selling Sept. 11 book of all, “The 9/11 Commission Report,” with a new afterword by Philip Zelikow, executive director of the commission.
Simon & Schuster has reissued “What We Saw,” an account of Sept. 11 with pictures and video (the book comes with a DVD), and the paperback edition of “The Truth About Grief” by Ruth Davis Konigsberg, a nonfiction study of grieving that includes a chapter focusing on those who lost spouses in the attacks.
Booksellers have put in modest orders, not expecting a great rush to stores for the occasion in the coming days.
Full story at New York Times.
Smaller publishers have also noted the anniversary. “We’re Not Leaving,” by Benjamin J. Luft, a compilation of stories told by first responders, is set for publication on Tuesday by Greenpoint Press.
Added to the mix are previously published works, like “The Looming Tower” by Lawrence Wright, the best-selling look at the events leading up to the attacks, that have recently been reissued in new editions. Norton has rereleased what was perhaps the best-selling Sept. 11 book of all, “The 9/11 Commission Report,” with a new afterword by Philip Zelikow, executive director of the commission.
Simon & Schuster has reissued “What We Saw,” an account of Sept. 11 with pictures and video (the book comes with a DVD), and the paperback edition of “The Truth About Grief” by Ruth Davis Konigsberg, a nonfiction study of grieving that includes a chapter focusing on those who lost spouses in the attacks.
Booksellers have put in modest orders, not expecting a great rush to stores for the occasion in the coming days.
Full story at New York Times.
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