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Trends in 2008
As 2008 is a crucial year for presidential candidates, so it is for the publishers of their books. “Political nonfiction in any election year is always going to dominate the media and most likely the bestseller lists,” says Tart.
Schroeder of AAP predicts that not only will political figures’ own books be showing up on bookshelves, but that “in this political year, we’re going to see an awful lot of nonfiction with people trying to figure out what’s going on in the Middle East, the war, the economy.” In other words, writers will be hashing out these issues as they pertain to potential candidates. And while television is an easy political access point, “People may want to know more than that before they vote,” Schroeder says. “Everyone’s going to be out there reading about what’s going on.”