First Colleen Hoover took over the best-seller list. Now it is fantasy novelist Rebecca Yarros.
The book world is healthier when there is an “it” author, someone who drives people to bookstores, gets us talking about books, and spurs a healthy competition.
Recently, just with a hardcover edition and a
deluxe gift edition, Yarros sold 1.285 million copies of her debuting No. 1
book, Onyx Storm, in one week. It is the fastest-selling adult
novel in two decades.
The other two books in her trilogy, Fourth
Wing and Iron Flame, finished in the top five. Two more
books are planned for the series.
All the more interesting about this success
story is that Yarros has a disability called hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos
Syndrome (hEDS). It is a genetic disorder that affects her connective tissue
and causes chronic pain and joint instability. The condition makes it difficult
to stand for long or talk for long periods of time. Her books contain a
character who has the same condition.
Who will be the next break-out author? Maybe it will be you?
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For
the past three decades, Brian Feinblum has helped thousands of authors. He
formed his own book publicity firm in 2020. Prior to that, for 21 years as the
head of marketing for the nation’s largest book publicity firm, and as the director
of publicity at two independent presses, Brian has worked with many first-time,
self-published, authors of all genres, right along with best-selling authors
and celebrities such as: Dr. Ruth, Mark Victor Hansen, Joseph Finder, Katherine
Spurway, Neil Rackham, Harvey Mackay, Ken Blanchard, Stephen Covey, Warren
Adler, Cindy Adams, Todd Duncan, Susan RoAne, John C. Maxwell, Jeff Foxworthy,
Seth Godin, and Henry Winkler.
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writings are often featured in The Writer and IBPA’s
The Independent (https://pubspot.ibpa-online.org/article/whats-needed-to-promote-a-book-successfully).
He
hosted a panel on book publicity for Book Expo America several years ago, and
has spoken at ASJA, BookCAMP, Independent Book Publishers Association Sarah
Lawrence College, Nonfiction Writers Association, Cape Cod Writers Association,
Willamette (Portland) Writers Association, APEX, Morgan James Publishing, and
Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association. He served as a judge for the
2024 IBPA Book Awards.
His
letters-to-the-editor have been published in The Wall Street Journal,
USA Today, New York Post, NY Daily News, Newsday, The Journal News (Westchester)
and The Washington Post. His first published book was The
Florida Homeowner, Condo, & Co-Op Association Handbook. It
was featured in The Sun Sentinel and Miami Herald.
Born
and raised in Brooklyn, he now resides in Westchester with his wife, two kids,
and Ferris, a black lab rescue dog, and El Chapo, a pug rescue dog.
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