One Day top as new releases fail to boost market

Written By: Philip Stone Publication Date: Tue, 06/09/2011 - 16:04 David Nicholls' One Day (Hodder) remains comfortably the bestselling book in the UK. The novel, which currently tops the Amazon, Apple and Waterstone's ebook charts, sold 83,050 physical copies of its original and tie-in editions at UK booksellers last weekdown 10% on the previous week, but almost four times as many copies as the next most popular purchase of the week, James Patterson and Liza Marklund's Postcard Killers (Arrow). read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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