Sales surge for Man Booker shortlist books

Written By: Tom Tivnan Publication Date: Tue, 13/09/2011 - 16:30 A D Miller and Carol Birch's novels are the big winners of the Man Booker Prize shortlist so far, with sales across the six books surging 290% by volume on last week. The six books on the list shifted 18,496 copies for the week ending 10th September through Nielsen BookScans Total Consumer Market, up from 6,358. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2011-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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