1.   Competition to be named a top fiction title is even tougher.

2.   For a university press to sponsor a novel was unorthodox, but LSU followed its own lead with more fiction titles, and other academic presses responded accordingly.

3.   He said the book would be stacked on tables of new hard-cover fiction titles across the country.

4.   Nonfiction books are generally considered to be more reliable Christmas gifts than fiction titles, so nonfiction sales are particularly strong in the fall.

5.   Rival publishers, meanwhile, are sticking with fiction titles.