‘Casual Vacancy’ and the State of Big (Print) Debuts

After months of hype, the first adult novel from J.K. Rowling debuted with the third biggest print opening of 2012. At outlets tracked by Nielsen BookScan, The Casual Vacancy sold 156,679 copies in its first week—enough to place it behind only No Easy Day by Mark Owen (254,046 copies) and Fifty Shades Darker (170,628 copies) for this year’s biggest debut. Across all formats, publisher Little, Brown said Rowling’s book sold approximately 375,000 copies in its first six days on sale. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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