JK Rowling is the bestselling author of the decade
To the surprise of no Harry Potter fan, The Telegraph has published a list of the bestselling authors of the decade and JK Rowling sits at the top:The top 100 authors dominate sales. As The Bookseller has explained, some 100,000 titles are published every year, but these authors account for 1 pound in every 6 pound spent on books and a fifth of revenue. J K Rowling, who has seven of the decade’s top 10 bestsellers, sold 29 million books with a sales value of 215 pound million, but Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code was the bestselling book of the decade, selling 5.2 million copies to 4.4 million for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
To view the full list of bestselling authors, click here.
On a related note, The Guardian recently published a list of this decade's icons. Harry Potter, of course, is on the list.
Posted by Andrew on Dec 22nd |
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Way to to go! Of course she is the bestselling author of the decade! Jo, we salute you as a wonderful author who kept us entertained for the past ten years.
Was there a doubt?
Ehm, she has sold more than 29 million books...?
OMG!!!! YAY J.K. Rowling!!!!! I totally agree with her getting the title. She earned it even before she received it in my mind. :D
JK Rowling forever always!!! HP FTW! :D
i think this is just the U.K right? cuz she's way over 29 million copies
I'm guessing this is for the UK? Because Deathly Hallows sold over 11 million copies on the day it came out, so that last part can't be true for the US...anyways, CONGRATS, JO!
da vinci code beat DH? hmm?
Congratulations ! This is great to see!!! Jo, if by chance you read these comments, you deserve all the recognition in the World. Thank you for igniting the joys of reading to many Children and re-igniting that joy in many Adults.
No surprises there. There's no way Deathly Hallows only sold 4.4 million copies for the whole decade. It sold 8 million copies in it's first 24 hours. I'm assuming this article is just focusing on the total for the UK because if it was for the worldwide total Harry Potter definitely sold the most copies for the past ten years.
An idiot would be shocked to see her, lol She deserves every bit of it. However, an actual shocker is how low Stephanie Meyer is. Britain, I salute you!
Duh she earned it!!! Good for Jo!!!!! THX for entertaining us for the past 10 years!
Wel duhhhh :)) yayy jo
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