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In response to
"Twilight has outsold it--by um, a shit ton. -- nm"
by
Amy
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Here's some 2010 numbers.
Posted by
Amy (aka momstravaganza)
May 9 '11, 07:50
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Franchises Flying High: Children's Books: Facts & Figures 2010
Series dominate with huge numbers; e-book needle jumps
By Diane Roback
Mar 21, 2011
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If you want to sell in the mega-numbers, write or publish a series. That's the clear message from our compilation of last year's bestselling titles. Eighteen books for children and teens sold more than a million copies last year: all of them were from authors of big franchises: Jeff Kinney, Stephenie Meyer, Rick Riordan, Suzanne Collins, PC and Kristin Cast. The Wimpy Kid had a not-very-wimpy total: 11.5 million copies sold, of seven titles. Sales of Twilight books, while still significant, cooled somewhat last year�just over 8.5 million books sold in 2010 vs. 26.5 million in 2009 and 27.5 million in 2008. Riordan's various series added up to more than 10 million copies sold; nearly four million Hunger Games books were sold; and James Patterson's assorted series sold just over 2.5 million copies. Want more? Four-and-a-half million Fancy Nancy books, 3.2 million House of Night books, 2.4 million Pretty Little Liars books, and 1.5 million in the Immortals series, 1.8 million copies of The 39 Clues.
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