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Prince Harry’s Spare is fastest-selling nonfiction book since UK records began

First week of the controversial memoir’s sales breaks official UK records reports Nielsen, Guinness World Records and WaterstonesPrince Harry’s Spare has sold almost half a million copies in the UK in its first week on sale, making it the fastest-selling nonfiction book since records... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2023-01-17 16:13:57 UTC ]
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Pinch of Nom narrowly beats Richard Osman to top Christmas book chart

The food bloggers’ fourth book Comfort Food outsold Osman’s second cosy crime novel by just over 1,000 copiesThe fourth Pinch of Nom cookbook, a collection of slimming comfort food recipes, has narrowly pipped Richard Osman to the top of the book charts this Christmas.Sales figures from... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2021-12-21 15:49:29 UTC ]
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Sally Rooney’s Beautiful World, Where Are You tops UK book charts

In its first week on sale, Rooney’s new novel has outsold Jamie Oliver and beaten day-one sales of her previous book Normal People by 1,200% at WaterstonesSally Rooney’s Beautiful World, Where Are You has shot to the top of the UK’s book charts, selling more than 40,000 copies in just five... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2021-09-14 14:20:14 UTC ]
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Marcus Rashford scores in book charts with You Are a Champion

Public sympathy for the defeated England striker has sent sales rocketing for his inspirational life guide for kidsMarcus Rashford’s children’s book You Are a Champion has shot to the top of the charts in the days after England lost the Euro 2020 final to Italy.A guide for young people in which... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2021-07-14 16:27:30 UTC ]
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Midnight Sun clocks in at top of the book charts

Stephenie Meyer's Midnight Sun (Atom) has risen over the yardarm to hit the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, with 62,460 copies sold in its first three days on sale. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-11 12:39:02 UTC ]
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An author bought his own book to get higher on bestseller lists. Is that fair?

Author Mark Dawson has attracted criticism after bulk buying his own book gave him a high chart position. But that isn’t breaking any rulesFor any author, being able to describe yourself as a bona fide bestseller is key to conferring your career with a certain gravitas – and will often bring you... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2020-07-20 15:59:35 UTC ]
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Sally Rooney's Normal People tops UK book charts as readers fall for TV version

Costa award-winning love story of Connell and Marianne takes top slot from David Walliams’ bestselling children’s book SlimeSally Rooney’s Normal People has flown to the top of the UK’s book charts more than two years after it was published, thanks to the release of the TV adaptation starring... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2020-05-13 15:44:19 UTC ]
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Handmaid's sales: Margaret Atwood's The Testaments is immediate hit

Novelist’s return to the dystopia of Gilead sold more than 100,000 copies in hardback in its first week on sale in the UKA hardback copy of Margaret Atwood’s follow-up to The Handmaid’s Tale, The Testaments, was sold every four seconds in the UK last week, according to sales figures that show... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2019-09-17 14:57:57 UTC ]
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Michelle Obama memoir tops US book charts – with nine copies sold per second

The former first lady’s autobiography has been warmly reviewed and is No 2 in the UK charts – outsold only by David WalliamsMichelle Obama’s Becoming sold almost nine copies per second on its first day on sale in North America to become the fastest-selling book of the year so far, while in the... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2018-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Irish author with terminal cancer reaches No 1 after campaign

Support from authors including Marian Keyes sees Emma Hannigan’s Letters to My Daughters become a bestseller, after she announces ‘all avenues have been exhausted’ in her treatmentEmma Hannigan’s Letters to My Daughters has shot to the top of book charts in Ireland, after the author announced... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2018-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google reveals the biggest apps, games, movies, songs and books of 2017

As we approach the start of a new year, the inevitable "best of" lists are starting to crop up. Never one to miss a trick, Google has released its own top five lists for 2017. The lists cover the US, and there are a few obvious names taking the top spots -- Super Mario Run is unsurprisingly... Continue reading at 'Betanews'

[ Betanews | 2017-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Milo Yiannopoulos labels low sales figures of Dangerous memoir 'fake news'

Rightwinger said his book – self-published after he was dropped by Simon & Schuster – had sold 100,000 copies, but data shows fewer than 20,000 salesRightwing controversialist Milo Yiannopoulos has branded reported low sales of his new book “fake news” after official figures revealed the... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2017-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep sells to major publisher

Carl-Johan Forssén Ehrlin’s self-published bestseller to get traditional edition with Penguin Random HouseThe Swedish author of this summer’s surprise self-published hit, a bedtime story that promises to “make anyone fall asleep” using positive reinforcement techniques and plenty of yawns, has... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2015-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Houellebecq’s Soumission becomes instant bestseller in wake of Paris attacks

Novel, which imagines a world where Muslim fundamentalists rule France, sells 120,000 copies in five days to top country’s book chartsRead the Guardian’s review of SoumissionMichel Houellebecq’s controversial new novel Soumission, in which France is governed by the “Muslim Fraternity” party,... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2015-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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W&N buys debut about female astronaut

Weidenfeld & Nicolson has bought a debut novel about a female astronaut and an aging scientist. Publishing director Kirsty Dunseath bought UK and Commonwealth rights to Good Morning, Midnight by Lily Brooks-Dalton from Esmond Harmsworth at Zachary Shuster Harmsworth. The book charts the... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Roth maintains top spot on US charts

Veronica Roth maintains her position at the top of the US book charts with a second week at the... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2014-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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