First-day sales for Harper Lee 'top 105k'

Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman (William Heinemann) racked up first-day sales in the UK of over 105,000 copies, across print and digital editions, according to publisher Penguin Random House. Meanwhile Waterstones' own sales for the title are approaching 30,000, m.d. James Daunt told The Bookseller. The book was published yesterday (14th July) to a torrent of publicity as well as widespread bookshop events. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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