by Lília We think nothing of making a film or a series based on a book – all the material is already there, to be used as we'd like – but having books written about a series of films? And becoming a successful cartoon series as well? There might not be [...]
by Lília We love our books, and we also love to see them turn into blockbusters, tv movies and series, but most of the times the book is better than whichever screen format it receives to be shown to the world. As an avid reader, I was enchanted by Dune, with [...]
by Lília This year, we wanted to explore the history of Valentine’s Day. I initially thought it was more of a commercial idea invented by Hallmark in recent decades. I was very surprised to discover that it is actually linked to probable historical events, and that its history is a lot [...]
by Lília January was a remarkable month, with three titles by Rachel Reid making it into our bestsellers: Heated Rivalry, Game Changer and The Long Game. Part of the Game Changer series of books, they were already a big success among romance readers around the world, but became an even greater [...]
by Lília Here we are, with a new year beginning again. Time to look back at 2025 and see what our customers' preferred books were. It's interesting to see certain titles pop up as bestsellers across all three stores, but also the different ones each of them favor. Location and customer [...]
by Lília We had many new titles make our bestsellers in November, but also a few 'old' ones like Project Hail Mary (which will be released in the theaters March 2026) and the classic Crime and Punishment. We have titles that keep selling really well because they are great books, such [...]
by Lília At ABC we have many customers asking for kids books in translation from the original Dutch, especially expats with smaller kids that just moved in or grandparents wanting to take their culture back to English-language grandchildren living abroad. We thought it would be a good idea to put some [...]
by Lília Many bestsellers in October were titles just released in September, such as SenLinYu's Alchemised, Ian McEwan's What We Can Know, Richard Osman's The Impossible Fortune and Dan Brown's The Secret of Secrets. Among the books published in September that were also bestsellers in October is Falling in Love While [...]
by Jilles Lay Your Sleeping Head by Michael Nava and Michael Hames-García "Henry Rios, a gifted and humane lawyer driven to drink by professional failure and personal demons, meets a charming junky struggling to stay clean. He tells Rios an improbable tale of long-ago murders in [...]
by Else If you haven't read part 1 yet, you can do so here. Enjoy! And remember: Space Is Gay*. *LGBTQIA+ Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh This book won the Hugo Awards last year, which seems to be mostly forgotten because of all the controversy surrounding that edition [...]
