Another biggie 0 ▲ Making Book 1 hour ago · Writing · hide Book Riot links to a Variety story in which we are told that Sarah J. Maas’s A Court of Splintered Harmony, Book 6 of her A Court of Thorns and Roses series, has leaped out to a fast start selling 1.7 million copies worldwide on its first day of publication, 27 October. Bloomsbury, the publisher, reports that the book “hit that massive sales figure when counting preorders and Day 1 sales worldwide for English-language print and ebook editions at major retailers and indie bookstores in the U.S., Canada, U.K. and Australia. The 1.7 million total does not include audio book sales or translated editions.” Variety comments in partial explanation that “Maas’ novels have consistently dominated conversations among the ‘BookTok’ TikTok community as women-centered and romance-heavy high fantasy books”. Book 7 in the series, A Court of Forgotten Melody, is due to be published on January 12th. Book 6 sales represent a 600% increase over Book 5’s (which came out in 2021, meaning that fan… Commenting on Bubbles has been removed. Why? If you want to talk about this post, write to the author, use the comments on their blog if it has them, or reply with a "RE:" post on your own blog. Suggestions? feedback@bubbles.town
