One Day breaks seven-day August record

Written By: Philip Stone Publication Date: Wed, 31/08/2011 - 15:20 David Nicholls' One Day (Hodder) has broken the record for the biggest ever weekly sale from an adult-readership novel in the month of August. Across all print editions, One Day sold 92,336 copies at UK booksellers in the seven days to 27th August, beating the previous record, set by Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol (Corgi) last year, by more than 15,000 copies. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2011-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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