2015
Book of the Year SPONSORED BY: INGRAM
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Awful Auntie by David Walliams (HarperCollins) was the biggest- selling book published in 2014
Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty, Arthur Goldhammer (trans.) (Harvard University Press) was an unexpected bestseller—and in translation, too
Girl Online by Zoe Sugg (Penguin) became the fastest selling début since Nielsen BookScan records began in 1998
WINNER: THE WAKE, PAUL KINGSNORTH (UNBOUND)
THE WAKE is a remarkable book remarkably published. Written in borrowed Old English (updated for modern readers), it is a post- apocalyptic novel set 1,000 years ago. Four years in the writing, the book was published by Unbound, which crowd-funded the release after the book was brought to the publisher by John Mitchinson. Editions available included a coptic-stitched hardback. The trade edition has sold 4,716 copies through Nielsen BookScan, and has now been co-published with Cornerstone. The book was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Folio Prize, shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize, and won the Gordon Burn Prize. The Bookseller’s Book of the Year Award, however, recognises the publishing as well as the writing. Kingsnorth has written: “I expected
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to have to self-publish it and that didn’t matter, because books are not written to be published: the publishing is a bonus.” The judges felt that of all the shortlisted titles, The Wake’s journey was most indicative of publishing today. Judge Caroline Sanderson said: “The Wake might seem a controversial choice. It is not the bestselling book of the year, nor are we arguing that it is the book we loved reading most—although it is arresting and extraordinary. What stood out about The Wake is what it proves: that publishing is now so creative and fleet of foot that anything is possible. Moreover, it is a shining example of a 21st century book: both a beautiful, traditional object that is a pleasure to possess, and a publication that came about through the power of online crowd-sourcing.” Some bonus!
Kingsnorth’s first fiction book, it reached 116% of its funding target The author will complete The Buckmaster Trilogy with Faber Film rights to the novel have been optioned by actor Mark Rylance Rylance was one of 400 subscribers to the book through Unbound
H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald (Jonathan Cape) scooped the Costa Book of the Year, the Samuel Johnson and critical acclaim
Macavity: The Mystery Cat by T S Eliot, Arthur Robins (illus.) was a fine example of Faber repurposing its enviable backlist for a new generation
Minecraft: The Official Construction Handbook was the third-bestselling book of 2014, leading the gaming series for Egmont
Persiana by Sabrina Ghayour (Mitchell Beazley) relied on exquisite production values—and its author’s social media presence—to become the fourth-bestselling cookbook of 2014
The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton (Picador) won numerous awards—for both book and marketing/publicity— and helped make Burton one of the biggest débuts of last year
The Pointless Book by Alfie Deyes (Blink Publishing) was the first vlog- to-page success story, spawning a slew of imitators
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