Although not quite the sensation of previous Robert Langdon thrillers, The Da Vinci Code author’s latest mystery sold 100,000 copies in its first week Dan Brown’s mastery of something like a code for bestsellers has returned to cheer UK booksellers, with more than 100,000 copies of his latest thriller, Origin, sold in the first five days after publication last Tuesday. But while retailers pronounced themselves delighted, there were some indications that his hold on British readers is not quite as sure as it once was – with these figures adding up to only a fifth of the initial success of 2009’s The Lost Symbol.According to Nielsen BookScan, Origin had amassed 100,095 sales by Saturday. Brown’s publisher, Transworld, said this makes it the fastest-selling original fiction title in the UK since Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman in 2015, which sold 168,455 print copies in its first five days. But the Bookseller pointed out that Origin’s first week UK sales were half those of Inferno, which sold 228,961 copies in its first week in 2013, with Inferno’s sales half those of The Lost Symbol, which sold 551,000 print copies in its first week in 2009. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2017-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dan Brown’s Origin (Bantam) has once again topped the UK Official Top 50, selling 17,798 copies for a sixth week at number one. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dan Brown’s Origin (Corgi) has once again topped the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, selling 20,777 copies for a fifth week atop the overall chart. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dan Brown’s Origin (Corgi) has leapt 41% in volume in its second week in the UK Official Top 50 number one spot. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dan Brown’s Origin (Corgi) has shot straight into the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, selling 38,735 copies for £151,251. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chief executive Charlie Redmayne revealed HarperCollins had begun its third century “incredibly strongly”, at the publisher’s summer party, attended by guests such as David Cameron and Eddie Redmayne. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The starting pistol for Feminist Book Fortnight sounded this weekend, with approaching 50 independent bookshops around the country taking part. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Katie Brown has made her first acqusition for Trapeze, a debut "up lit" novel by Lia Louis, acquired at auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A new program for classrooms: The UK's Make Our Book is free to schools and is 'properly magical' for students, says its creator Emma Barnes. The post The UK’s Make Our Book: An Internationally Available School-Publishing Program appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dan Brown's Origin has once again cracked the code to claim the Weekly E-Book Ranking top spot. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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‘The Rooster Bar’ by John Grisham, released on Oct. 24, knocked Dan Brown’s ‘Origin’ from its longstanding #1 perch. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dan Brown’s Origin (Bantam) has once again claimed the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, selling 60,602 copies for £631,480. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dan Brown has returned with his latest Robert Langdon title, 'Origin'—and with it, Brown returns to the top of the iBooks bestseller list, knocking Nelson DeMille's 'The Cuban Affair' out of the #1 slot. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster UK made a profit before tax of £3.76m last year, coming back from a loss the year before, with c.e.o. Ian Chapman telling The Bookseller the company is looking "really strong financially". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dan Brown revealed his forthcoming novel Origin was inspired by the themes of evolution and creationism, as he discussed his concerns about overpopulation with the Mail on Sunday’s Event Magazine. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dan Brown is attending this year's Frankfurt Book Fair in October to present his new thriller Origin. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This year’s Super Thursday falls on 5th October, The Bookseller can reveal, with 505 new hardbacks scheduled to hit shelves on that day, all competing for a slice of the Christmas-gifting pudding. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The US-based Ingram Publishing Services adds a UK distribution operation, while the late Ed Victor's agency list in London moves to Curtis Brown. The post Two UK Acquisitions: Curtis Brown and Victor Ltd., Ingram and NBNi appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dan Brown's new Robert Langdon thriller Origin, due for release with Transworld in September, will be set in Spain. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bestselling author Dan Brown, who was to have been one of the headliners at BookCon, was forced to bow out due to a family emergency. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The number of independent bookshops in the UK has fallen for the 11th year in a row, according to the Booksellers Association’s annual membership figures, but the rate of closure has slowed. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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