Harper Lee dominated Nielsen BookScan US charts with four spots in the top 10 and seven in the top 100, led by Go Set a Watchman (Harper) which recorded the second best first-week sale for an adult hardback since BookScan US records began, shifting almost three quarter of a million units. The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Paula Hawkins’ The Girl on the Train (Doubleday) passed the 800,000 unit mark across all formats in the UK and Ireland last week as it became the first book since Nielsen BookScan records began to earn 20 Original Fiction number ones. Hawkins’ run of 20 non-consecutive numbers ones broke the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Paula Hawkins’ The Girl on the Train (Doubleday) has become the title with the longest run as an Original Fiction number one since records began. Last week, Hawkins’ book spent its 20th non-consecutive week atop Original Fiction, eclipsing the previous record of 19 weeks set by Dan Brown’s The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Victoria Hislop has retained the top spot on the UK Official Top 50 for the second consecutive week while Paula Hawkins continues to close in on Dan Brown’s record for most weeks as an Original Fiction number one. Hislop’s The Sunrise (Headline) sold 28,450 copies last week through Nielsen... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code follow-up Inferno was the most-borrowed book in UK libraries last year, while James Paterson was the most popular author. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2015-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Books for children and young adults are top of the league, bagging seven of this year’s top 10, but non-fiction has endured another annus horribilisSee the chart in fullAt long last, kids ruled in 2014. Books aimed at them have often figured in the top 10 of the all-year sales chart for printed... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-12-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
YouTube sensation Zoe Sugg has eclipsed superstars such J K Rowling, Dan Brown and E L James to record the biggest first week sale for a début since records began. Sugg, known as Zoella on her fashion and beauty vlog, which has over five million subscribers, shifted 78,109 copies of her Young... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
What's it like to sell over 200 million books worldwide? Dan Brown speaks with Publishing Perspectives about his writing life in the wake of enormous success. The post Dan Brown on the Writing Life as a Global Megaseller appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
The author of The Gruffalo earned more than JK Rowling and Dan Brown in UK, making her the fourth biggest-selling writer in British historyA dancing chorus of giants and snails, witches and Gruffalos have propelled Julia Donaldson into uncharted territory, as the former childrens laureate... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Julia Donaldson has bested fellow bestsellers J K Rowling, Jamie Oliver and Dan Brown to become the only author to record annual sales of over £10m in five consecutive years. The Gruffalo creator sold almost £239,000 last week through Nielsen BookScan's Total Consumer Market, to bring her tally... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Dan Brown’s next novel will feature character Robert Langdon, but the bestselling author has warned fans it may be some time before the manuscript is ready. The American thriller writer met a group of trade press journalists in Sharjah, UAE, where he is attending the Sharjah International Book... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Dan Brown's talk at the Sharjah Book Fair, his first fair appearance outside the US, will be televised throughout the Arab world. The post Dan Brown, Arabic Authors to Star at Sharjah Book Fair appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tom Hanks and Ron Howard are set to reunite to produce a film based on Dan Brown's Inferno.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Dan Brown, author of “The Da Vinci Code” and current bestseller “Inferno,” was interviewed June 7 by NPR's John Dankosky at a benefit for the Mark Twain House & Museum in Hartford, Conn. The conversation turned to religion and science, topics Brown has dealt with in his novels. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Dan Brown's Inferno is number one for the third week in a row in the Official UK Top 50 this... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Dan Brown's mass market paperback for his latest thriller, Inferno (Corgi), debuts at number... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
New England may cull up images of bucolic fields, snow-covered mountains, sparkling lakes, and mud season, but it’s also home to a veritable who’s who of bestselling authors ranging from Stephen King, Dan Brown and Henry Louis Gates Jr. to Mary Oliver and Julia Glass. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Dan Brown’s Inferno is still selling well in many international markets, but a few notable titles began to dominate European fiction bestsellers lists in July. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Dan Brown’s Inferno held onto the top-selling spots on June’s international bestseller fiction lists in a host of European markets, including Germany, France, and Sweden. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tom Hanks is expected to reprise his role as Robert Langdon in the film adaptation of Dan Brown... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]